quay/wharf — Burgh Quay

The saved account records: Dressed ashlar granite quay wall, erected c.1820, with bell-profile coping.

The saved account records: Cast-iron ladders and remains of timber and cast-iron mooring fixtures.

The saved account records: Culverted River Stein flows into River Liffey to north elevation of wall.

The official record fixes the place and calls it quay/wharf. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

quay/wharf — Burgh Quay matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The area of Burgh Quay was slob land in the early years of the eighteenth century, until William Mercer received a grant to infill and create what became George’s Quay and Burgh Quay. The Wide Street Commission created a continuous street along the south side of the river in 1820 by removing intervening houses and constructing the cut stone quay walls. This quay wall serves an important practical function in supporting the raised river bank, and is a notable reminder of the civil engineering heritage of the city. Its execution in ashlar granite attests to the high level of skill and artisanship employed in its… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.