County: Dublin Site name: Castle Street/Cork Hill, Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 19E0126
Author: Aisling Collins
Site type: Urban post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715318m, N 734493m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.348073, -6.268008
The proposed development consists mainly of the resurfacing of Castle Street and Cork Hill. Existing asphalt carriageways will be removed using a planer. Antique setts will most likely be removed mechanically.
DCC will be replacing cast iron water mains from 1900 located in the rear of the existing antique setts on Cork Hill. GPR has located the existing mains at depths ranging between 0.35m and 0.85m deep.
DCC will be planting some trees at sporadic locations along Castle Street. The exact locations for these trees have not yet been finalised.
Site investigation works including slit trenches on the site doubled up as archaeological test trenches. Little archaeology was present in the slit trenches. There was evidence for post-medieval red brick cellars, cobbles stones, culverts, red brick wall and services. Every slit trench was recorded, photographed and planned at a scale of 1:20. The slit trenches only extended to a depth of 1.2m. There is the potential for archaeology to be present at levels below 1.2m and there is a good indication that post-medieval features will be present in the upper levels.
ACAS, 45 Richmond Park, Monkstown, Co Dublin
