Archaeological impact Assessment Report, Proposed Dredging Operations, Dingle, Co. Kerry. March 2017 Report prepared on behalf of: Richard Church, Nicholas O’Dwyer & Associates, Unit E4 Nutgrove Office Park, Nutgrove Avenue, Dublin 14. For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Report written and researched by Laurence Dunne MIAI EPA Export 31-03-2017:03:04:08 Archaeological Impact Assessment Report, Proposed Dredging Dingle Harbour and Dumpsite, Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry. Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2 Scope of AIA .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Research .................................................................................................................................. 7 3 Existing Environment ..................................................................................................................... 8 4 Archaeological context ................................................................................................................. 10 4.1 Prehistoric setting .................................................................................................................. 11 4.2 Coastal Promontory Forts ..................................................................................................... 13 4.3 Early Medieval Period .......................................................................................................... 14 4.4 Secular Settlement ................................................................................................................ 14 4.5 Ogham Stones ....................................................................................................................... 15 5 Historic background of Dingle ...................................................................................................... 17 5.1 Medieval Port and town of Dingle ........................................................................................ 18 5.2 Church of St. James, Dingle.................................................................................................. 19 5.2.1 Importation of Wine ...................................................................................................... 21 5.2.2 Pilgrims ......................................................................................................................... 22 5.2.3 Spanish links with Dingle ............................................................................................. 22 5.3 Castles of Dingle ................................................................................................................... 24 5.4 Town Wall of Dingle ............................................................................................................ 25 5.5 Desmond Revolt .................................................................................................................... 25 For inspection purposes only. th Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 5.6 Dingle in the 17 century ...................................................................................................... 26 5.7 Rice, Hussey and Trant-Merchant Princes of Dingle ............................................................ 28 5.8 Dingle in the 19th century ..................................................................................................... 30 5.9 Dingle Harbour Navigation ................................................................................................... 32 5.10 Navigation rutters, leeskartes, charts and maps .................................................................... 32 5.11 Terrestrial navigation aids ..................................................................................................... 35 5.12 Mid-19th century Chart of Dingle and Ventry ....................................................................... 37 5.13 Dingle Pier, Harbour and Fishery ......................................................................................... 38 5.14 Dingle Coastguard ................................................................................................................ 43 6 Shipwrecks .................................................................................................................................... 49 6.1 General .................................................................................................................................. 49 Page 1 LDA EPA Export 31-03-2017:03:04:08 Archaeological Impact Assessment Report, Proposed Dredging Dingle Harbour and Dumpsite, Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry. 6.2 Dingle Bay Area Shipwrecks ................................................................................................ 54 6.3 Shipwrecks near the Proposed Dumpsite .............................................................................. 55 6.4 Dingle Harbour ..................................................................................................................... 55 6.4.1 General .......................................................................................................................... 55 6.5 Dingle Harbour Wrecks ........................................................................................................ 55 6.6 Previous Archaeological Work Undertaken in Dingle Harbour ........................................... 58 7 Artefacts from Dingle Harbour ..................................................................................................... 59 8 Fieldwork ...................................................................................................................................... 61 9 Geophysics .................................................................................................................................... 66 9.1 Dumpsite ............................................................................................................................... 66 9.2 Dingle Harbour Channel ....................................................................................................... 66 9.3 Geophysics Results ............................................................................................................... 68 9.3.1 Dumpsite ....................................................................................................................... 68 9.3.2 Dingle Channel ............................................................................................................. 68 10 Research Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 68 11 Mitigation .................................................................................................................................. 69 12 References ................................................................................................................................. 69 12.1 Documentary ......................................................................................................................... 69 12.2 Cartographic .......................................................................................................................... 75 12.3 Other sources ........................................................................................................................ 75 For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 12.4 Aerial and other photographic imagery................................................................................. 75 13 Appendices ................................................................................................................................ 76 13.1 Appendix 1-G3 Letter ........................................................................................................... 76 13.2 Appendix 2-G2 Letter ........................................................................................................... 77 13.3 Appendix 3: Shipwrecks with place of loss given as Dingle Harbour, Dingle Mouth, Dingle or near Dingle ................................................................................................................................... 78 13.4 Appendix 4: Shipwrecks with place of loss given as Dingle Bay ......................................... 86 13.5 Appendix 5-Magnetometer Survey Ferrous Targets ............................................................. 91 Page 2 LDA EPA Export 31-03-2017:03:04:08 Archaeological Impact Assessment Report, Proposed Dredging Dingle Harbour and Dumpsite, Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry. List of Figures Figure 1: Site Location Map of proposed Dredging and Dumpsite areas. .............................................. 6 Figure 2: Proposed Dredging and Dumpsite areas overlain on wider cultural aerial image. Each red dot comprises a recorded terrestrial archaeological monument. ............................................................. 7 Figure 3: Proposed dredging area within Dingle Harbour. ..................................................................... 9 Figure 4: Limits of cultural study area. Extract from the online terrestrial monuments database www.archaeology.ie. ...........................................................................................................................