County: Dublin Site name: Broadstone Bus Depot: Piling and Boundary Wall
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 14E0410
Author: Fintan Walsh & David McIlreavy
Site type: Urban post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 714781m, N 735232m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.354820, -6.275800
IAC undertook archaeological monitoring associated with works at the Broadstone Bus Depot, Phibsborough, Dublin 7.
The development works involved the construction of a boundary wall between the proposed LUAS stop and the existing Broadstone Dublin Bus Depot. The development area was divided into Areas 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Deposits of archaeological interest were confined to development Areas 1B, 4 and 5.
Material uncovered in development Area 1B consisted of two in situ subterranean structures, the partially disturbed foundations of a 19th-century railway building, and disturbed infrastructural elements such as railway sleepers and rails.
The recovery of a disarticulated human bone from Area 1B is considered to be a residual find. No other human remains were recovered during the monitoring works.
Material uncovered in Area 4 consisted of a partially disturbed polygonal-sectioned brick pile. The bricks which formed the structure would appear to have derived from a number of manufactures.
Material uncovered in development Area 5 included disturbed elements of a probable coping wall associated with the Broadstone branch of the Royal Canal. Infill deposits associated with the decommissioning of the Royal Canal Broadstone harbour were encountered at the eastern extent of Area 5.
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