County: Dublin Site name: Parnell Street, Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 13E197
Author: Nikolah Gilligan and Steven McGlade on behalf of Archaeology and Built Heritage
Site type: Georgian Cellars and associated 18th-century features
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715736m, N 734997m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.352509, -6.261549
Excavations were carried out for the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) as part of the Luas Cross City (LCC) Investigation and Treatment of Cellars Works contract, designed to identify and record coal cellars which will be impacted by the construction of LCC. A total of five licence areas, from St Stephen’s Green to Dominick Street, were investigated under the contract (Licence Nos 13E197; 13E200-13E203?).
Monitoring of slit-trenches and recording of cellars and archaeological features on Parnell Street (East and West) was carried out from 8 July to 4 October 2013 under the direction of Nikolah Gilligan (8 July to 1 September) and Steven McGlade (2 September to 4 October). The licence area extended from Dominick Street in the west to Marlborough Street in the east.
A total of twelve slit trenches and five box-trenches were excavated, which revealed the crowns of nineteen cellars.
Thirteen cellars were accessed for full recording, while six were deemed too deep and unsafe to enter and record. The former cellars were noted at an average depth of 0.5m below present ground surface and were c. 1.5-2m in internal height. The deep cellars were located at an average depth of c. 1.5-2m below present ground surface and were not scheduled for impact by LCC works; they were preserved in situ. Fourteen additional archaeological and historical features were also recorded as part of the investigations.
79 Queen Street, Dublin 7
