2009:325 - 12 PIM STREET, DUBLIN, Dublin

Work was carried out in advance of the refurbishment and extension of a protected structure at 12 Pim Street, Dublin 8. Given the limited size of the area involved (c. 5.5m by 13.5m), a combined programme of monitoring and excavation was agreed with the Dublin city archaeologist. Excavation was carried out in 2007 (Excavations 2007, No. 502, 07E1026) by Antoine Giacometti at the rear of the adjoining property, 13 Pim Street. Nineteenth-and 20th-century structural remains were found, along with features possibly associated with the ^tenter-field’ depicted on Rocque’s 1756 map of the site. The excavations at 12 Pim Street revealed layers, structural features and a pit, all of which were post-medieval–modern in date. The site was excavated to a depth of 1.4m below the modern ground surface, through 18th–20th-century rubble material. Test-pits revealed a further 0.4m of 17th–18th-century material below the level of excavation. These layers appear to pre-date the large-scale development of the area after the construction of the Grand Canal and Grand Canal Harbour terminus in the late 18th century. These layers remain in situ on the site. Nothing further of archaeological significance was uncovered.