County: Down Site name: Titanic Quarter, Queen’s Island, Belfast
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/06/201
Author: Stefanie McMullan and Brooke Jamieson, for ADS Ltd, Unit 6, 21 Old Channel Road, Belfast, BT3 9DE.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
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.
