What is recorded here

Winetavern Street in County Dublin once forced a river to obey a timber wall, not the other way around. Men drove wooden stakes into masonry at the northern end, building a rigid edge for an inlet or harbour where water wanted to spread. The street above forgot the river below, but the ground still holds the shape of that human demand.

Excavations at Winetavern Street revealed a timber revetment, orientated N-S at the northern end of the street (Walsh 1997, 105-6). This structure was founded on masonry and may represent an enclosed inlet or early harbour (Simpson 2002, 51).

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