County: Dublin Site name: St. Audoen's Church, Cornmarket, Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU018-020075 Licence number: C867 E005003
Author: Colm Flynn
Site type: Medieval church and graveyard
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 714937m, N 734001m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.343737, -6.273906
Monitoring took place in the Portlester Chapel at the site of proposed conservation works in St. Audoen's Church, Cornmarket, Dublin, a rare surviving medieval parish church, RMP DU018-020075. The works focused on the north long wall of the Portlester Chapel, where 15th-century sandstone has become damaged by weathering, particularly since the removal of the roof from the Chapel at the end of the 19th century.
The excavation identified disarticulated human remains, medieval floor tile fragments, and medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds. All of these artefacts were retrieved from disturbed contexts around the sandstone doorway.
A red brick built burial vault was identified in situ under the disturbed contexts. This vault was constructed in the 18th or 19th century, and soils and refuse (disturbed contexts) have been deposited above it. This vault was not impacted by the works, and due to its presence, the proposed conservation project was halted pending a review.
Kilmainham, Mountmellick, Co. Laois
