2017:177 - 31-34 Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, Dublin

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin Site name: 31-34 Bow Lane West, Dublin 8

Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU018-020301 Licence number: 17E0455

Author: Niall Gregory

Site type: Urban, no archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 713688m, N 733902m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.343125, -6.292676

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.

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