County: Dublin Site name: 5 HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, DUBLIN 8
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 19E0795
Author: David McIlreavy
Site type: Urban: post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715000m, N 733955m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.343310, -6.272977
Archaeological testing was carried out by David McIlreavy and Paul Duffy of IAC Archaeology on behalf of ODA Architecture on a proposed development site which is located No. 5, High Street, Christchurch Place, Dublin in response to planning conditions attached to the proposed development by Dublin City Council (Planning Ref: 3081/19). The work took place on 23 and 24 January 2020 using a mechanical excavator fitted with a flat grading bucket. A single test trench was excavated across the footprint of the proposed development, in the western side of the site.
Testing revealed two distinct phases of archaeological significance, which have been designated as later, post-medieval period and an earlier potentially medieval period.
The remnants of cellar wall (C3) running north to south were identified in the southern extent of the trench with a red brick, early concrete or sandstone feature abutting this on its western face. Another post-medieval red brick floor level was uncovered at the northern extent of the trench, also likely associated with cellar activity.
The earlier phase is denoted by a wooden plank and black, foul-smelling organic clay (C9 and C10) both evident at the northernmost extent of the trench. This material may be medieval in date.
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