Old Drogheda
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As the name implies, this lane was the former meat market for the town of Drogheda. It had wooden sheds, or shambles, running along its length from West St. to Dyer St. In 1778 a decision was made to move the meat vendors who were selling meat from open stalls in West St. to a new venue along the north side of Dyer St.
There was great difficulty in getting the butchers to move, and the traders in West St., who apparently charged rents for the stalls outside their premises had to be compensated. Eventually the Corporation issued an order that "no flesh meat shall, after 17th October 1778, be exposed for sale in any other place than the new Meat Market".
During excavations in 2003 as part of the Penny's extension backing onto Dyer St. a large number of medieval and post-medieval finds were discovered; including a post-medieval wall and hearth feature, floor surfaces, cobbled surfaces, drains, hearths and kilns. The most significant find was the remains of what appeared to be a small barrel-vaulted medieval cellar. The majority of finds from the site consisted of shards of local medieval pottery, clay pipes, tile fragments etc.
Extracts from The Streets and Lanes Of Drogheda by James Garry; & reports by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd., Drogheda.
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