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Lean-to flesh shambles crowded the High Street until James I ordered them removed, forcing butchers and buyers into a sudden empty stretch of pavement. They clung against house frontages like temporary ribs, likely dripping fat and echoing with haggling voices before disappearing without a trace. The loss felt less like progress and more like a city forgetting how to feed itself openly.

Gilbert (1854-9, I, 240) states that the High Street flesh shambles were removed in the reign of James I (1603-25). Shown on the Friends of Medieval Dublin Map (1978, L6). They consisted of lean too structures, which were put up against the frontage of houses along the street (Bradley & King1987, I, 33). There is no visible surface trace. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 23 November 2012

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