File 3 - E530 plans (Jurys Inn)

19 items

Materials pertaining to an archaeological excavation in Galway city centre at a site bounded by the River Corrib on the west, Kirwan's Lane on the east, and Quay Street on the south where a hotel (the future Jurys Inn/Leonardo Hotel Galway) was to be built. Includes:
-Plans of three levels of the new hotel drawn by Niall J. Kearns & Company architects (29 September 1989, 50 x 70.5 cm, 3pp);
-Drawing No. 1, Plan of Site, showing locations of excavation tranches, remnants of the Galway city wall, mill races, and the remains of a chemical factory (c. 1990, 49 x 70.5 cm);
-Revised copy of Drawing No. 1 with annotations by Markus Casey (July 2001, 34 x 57.5 cm);
-Drawing No. 2, Plan of Trench 1, showing a cross section of the excavation (4 May 1990, 24.7 x 35.5 cm, 2pp);
-Drawing No. 5, 6 and 7, Northern Section, Trench 3, showing a cross section of the excavation (11 May 1990, 49 x 70.5 cm, 3pp);
-Drawing No. 8, Plan of Trench 2, showing a cross section of the excavation (16 May 1990, 24.7 x 35.5 cm, 2pp);
-Drawing Nos. 9 and 10, Northern Section, Trench 2, showing a cross section of the excavation (22 May 1990, 49 x 70.5 cm, 2pp);
-Drawing Nos. 11 and 12, Southern Section, Trench 7, showing a cross section of the excavation (24 May 1990, 49 x 70.5 cm);
-Drawing Nos. 15 and 22, Trench 2 and Trench 4, West Face, showing cross sections of excavation trenches including house foundations and wall construction (9 July 1990 – 13 July 1990, 49 x 70.5 cm);
-Drawing Nos. 33 and 53, Trench 7 and Trench 10, East Face, showing cross sections of excavation trenches including wall foundations and construction (28 August 1990 – 28 January 1992, 37 x 54 cm);
-Drawing Nos. 35, 36, 37 and 43, Plan of Contexts 209, 210 and 317, Trench 7, including a blank copy and a copy annotated by Markus Casey (49 x 70.5 cm, 2pp).
See P164/3/1/9/3 for photographs.

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