County: Dublin Site name: O’Connell Bridge, O'Connell Street, Marlborough Street, Parnell Street, Cathal Brugha Street, Dominick Sreet Lower, Dominick Street Upper, Bolton Street and Constitution Hill, Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU018-423---- DU018-424---- DU018-425---- DU018-425---- Licence number: 15E0271
Author: Jean O'Dowd
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715793m, N 734821m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.350916, -6.260758
Monitoring and excavation was undertaken from O’Connell Bridge/River Liffey to Constitution Hill, Dublin 7 (North City) in association with the Luas Cross City (LCC) Main Infrastructure Civil and Track Works.
Monitoring of LCC ground works excavations for Main Infrastructure Civil and Track Works was carried out along the route of the planned light rail system at O’Connell Bridge, O’Connell Street Upper and Lower, Marlborough Street, Parnell Street, Dominick Street Upper and Lower, Western Way and Constitution Hill.
During the course of the North City monitoring programme between O’Connell Bridge/River Liffey and Constitution Hill a range of archaeological features and deposits were recorded. Notable discoveries include 18th-century cellars, structural remains predating the widening of O’Connell Street Lower in the 1780s, the remains of the 18th-century St Thomas’s Church on Cathal Brugha Street, early cellars on Dominick Street Lower and remains relating to the Foster Aqueduct on Constitution Hill. These features relate to the development and expansion of this part of Dublin in the period after 1700.
Further analysis of the results is ongoing. This may result in revisions to interpretations or dating evidence. This summary will be updated when all analysis has been completed.
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