2017:177 - DUBLIN: 31-34 Bow Lane West, Dublin

Two parallel 20m test trenches were excavated on 4 October extending most of the length of this east to west, 30m by 20m site. The proposed development comprised three-storey apartments with ground floor retail units on south side of Bow Lane West. The exposed stratigraphy demonstrated a natural fall of the slope to north, with the shallower stratigraphy 0.15–0.2m concrete; 0.1–0.15m rounded limestone and gravel bedding, on to the natural subsoil being sited to south. The stratigraphy of the northern trench consisted of 0.15–0.2m concrete; 0.2–0.25m rounded limestone and gravel bedding, on to the natural subsoil. No archaeology was encountered.