2015:342 - DUBLIN: St James Church, James' Street, Dublin

Testing took place for the temporary works for the four proposed crane pad bases. The four pits are located in an area lying between the south side of the church and the main entrance gate fronting onto James Street. The crane will be used to construct a new glass spire on the west end of the church.

Human bones were identified in all test pads with some bones appearing to be pre-disturbed and disarticulated, some appear to be intact burials and in one case (Pad 3) there is an inscribed family grave-slab present. Research was carried out to find any living relative of this burial of James Carlile Esq 1799. Incredibly the results were positive with a direct descendent of 8 generations being methodically tracked down and the family gave permission to exhume the remains. It is recommended to excavate the remaining three crane pads which includes the exhumation of the Carlile grave.