County: Down Site name: BELFAST: Titanic Quarter, Queen’s Island
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/06/201
Author: Stefanie McMullan and Brooke Jamieson, for ADS Ltd.
Site type: Quay
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 734922m, N 874995m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.605180, -5.911565
Monitoring of the site was carried out over February–April 2007. Investigations took place to expose the remains of Hamilton Quay wall; the modern concrete and timber deck extension was removed carefully and pulled away so as not to damage the wall, using a machine fitted with a toothed bucket. As part of the planning permission, a topographic/laser survey was carried out of the quay wall prior to removal.
Three features associated with the quay wall construction were found during the ground-reduction process. A culvert was uncovered which was used to help facilitate the draining of the area for the construction of the quay wall; remains of a coffer dam construction were uncovered behind the main quay wall, and a wall was uncovered running behind and parallel to the main quay wall, and tied into it by a series of metal tie rods. The function of this ‘tie-rod’ wall was to help secure the main quay wall. The remainder of the deposits relate to the modern occupation and use of the site.
Unit 6, 21 Old Channel Road, Belfast, BT3 9DE
