Building

The National Monuments Service's description

In1993 archaeological excavations at Winetavern St. /Wood Quay, Dublin, in advance of the second phase of construction of Civic Offices revealedtwo substantial masonry structures. One was a large rectangular building, probably fronting onto Winetavern Street with external dimensions of c. 10m by at least 17m and walls c. 1.6m thick. The second structure was represented by only a single wall, parallel to the first structure. It was of less massive construction, but was associated with a series of habitation layers and an area of rough stone paving, possibly a floor surface or a form of hearth, as several layers of ash and burnt material were associated with it. These structures are clearly later than the various reclamation episodes but how much later cannot at present be definitely established (Halpin, 1994, 29-31).