County: Dublin Site name: 118-124 Cork Street, Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 22E0311
Author: James Kyle
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 714366m, N 733427m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.338704, -6.282685
The initial focus of the archaeological excavations centred on the foundation levels of four terraced Dutch Billy houses which had fronted onto Cork Street. These were preserved by record prior to their removal, and subsequently overburden from an area (40m x 25m) was removed and a total of 62 tanning pits/tanning boxes were excavated in the northern half of the site.
The third phase of the archaeological excavations on site centred on the excavation of a 70m length of the Commons Water culvert, and whilst some areas of the brickwork appeared to date to the 18th century, the vast majority of the water course would appear to have been culverted towards the end of the 19th century.
A fourth phase of excavation on site took place in September/October 2023, when the ongoing archaeological monitoring on site uncovered the remains of a further tanning field, comprising an additional 25 tanning pits/tanning boxes during the bulk excavation of the site’s basement area.
c/o Archaeology & Built Heritage, St. Paul's, Smithfield, Dublin 7.
