What is recorded here

No. 35 Parliament Street in Dublin hides a clay bank built to stop the River Poddle swallowing the early town. The river flowed north from Dublin Castle through the street and emptied into the River Liffey, forcing people to stack earth against its constant hunger. That defensive line survives beneath modern feet, marking a time when water, not stone walls, shaped the city's edge.

Excavations at No. 35 Parliament Street in 1991 uncovered the remains of a clay bank which would have protected the landward (W) side of the early town from being in undated by the River Poddle which flowed N from Dublin Castle down the present line of Parliament Street and emptied into the River Liffey. This was associated with rich deposits dated to the 11th-12th century (Scally 1992, 14; Scally 1994, 24-5; Scally 2002, 11-33).

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