2010:258 - DUBLIN: 118–123 The Coombe, Dublin

Total excavation of this large site took place between August 2008 and January 2010 in several stages. The site had been tested by Will Frazer (Excavations 2007, No. 470, 07E0532), who had identified post-medieval remains. Excavation revealed an early roadway 4m in width, flanked by a 4m-wide ditch, which extended east–west across the entire site. This had been infilled, and the street end laid out into seven adjacent plots. Clay-floored post-and-wattle houses, of striking similarity, with four internal roof supports, all with central hearths, were constructed on the plots. The date of the houses is likely to be late 11th to early 12th century. An account of the houses will be published in Medieval Dublin.