2011:191 - DOMINICK STREET UPPER/PARNELL STREET/MARLBOROUGH STREET/O’CONNELL STREET/COLLEGE GREEN/DAWSON STREET/ST STEPHEN’S GREEN NORTH, Dublin

A programme of monitoring was undertaken of the excavation of nineteen utility slit-trenches along the proposed route of Luas Broombridge (Luas BXD). Approximately 31 utility slit-trenches were proposed along the route between Fassaugh Road and St Stephen’s Green North. Nineteen of these were located in proximity to sites recorded in the Record of Monuments and Places and/or areas of archaeological potential, as outlined in the EIS. On that basis it was determined that monitoring should be undertaken in conjunction with the excavation of these trenches.
No significant archaeological features or deposits were encountered, with the exception of Trenches ST-51 and ST-52b on Dawson Street, where intact post-medieval cellaring (possibly 18th-century in date) was identified. In addition, red brick culverts associated with the city sewerage system were identified in Trenches ST-46 and ST-47 on Marlborough Street and ST-50 on Dawson Street. It should be noted, however, that the utility slit-trenches were limited in scope and were targeted and positioned at locations with high levels of disturbance (where in situ services are currently located). Therefore archaeological features or deposits could survive outside of the areas directly investigated.

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