What is recorded here

Medieval timber revetments stood perpendicular to the River Liffey south of Mary's abbey, revealing a deliberate attempt to hold back water or shape the river's edge. The base plates survived beneath later development, marking a moment when human hands challenged the fluid boundary between land and tide. That angular resistance suggests pride, urgency or simple necessity, transforming a ordinary bank into a structured line of defense.

Pre-development investigations in 2003 at 24-8 Mary's abbey/ revealed the base plate remains of medieval timber revetments south of Mary's abbey thought to be part of a riverine revetment. The position of the timbers indicated that the revetment aappeared to have been built perpinduclar to the river Liffey (H. Kehoe 2006, 141).

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