County: Dublin Site name: 42A Parkgate Street, Dublin 8
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU018-020 Licence number: 21E0033 ext.
Author: Siobhan Deery
Site type: Urban, industrial
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 713663m, N 734400m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.347596, -6.292886
Archaeological monitoring took place of a second phase of ground investigation works undertaken at the site of Hickey's (No. 43) Parkgate Street, Dublin 8. The consented development comprises mixed-use residential and commercial redevelopment of an urban brownfield site and is located within the statutory zone of archaeological potential for the Historic City of Dublin (RMP DU018-020).
Twenty-six slit trenches, measuring 0.7m by 3m to a scheduled depth up to 3m below ground level, were opened.
Six test trenches were opened in the concrete yard (TP1-TP5, TP24), and eighteen were within the factory inside the main building (TTP6-TP23). The aim of the archaeological monitoring was to record the stratigraphy within each test pit to establish the archaeological potential of the site and to highlight if there are any further archaeological considerations for the development of the site.
The investigations confirmed a stratigraphy that comprised made ground and demolition rubble including layers of industrial waste (representing the 18th, 19th and 20th century) up to approximately 2.2m below ground level overlying possible reclamation deposits and then natural riverine silts.
The results of monitoring the ground investigation works appear to indicate foundations, possible wall and floor levels associated with the iron-working phase and later phases on site (early 1800s onwards).
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