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excavated evidence was confined to the backyards of the street-fronting houses which had
been completely truncated by post-medieval basements (Fig. 290).
The earliest High Street structures were dated to the late-eleventh/early-twelfth century
(Level 4), perhaps indicating that development in this area was slightly later and perhaps less
intense than Peter Street. The excavated structures from these High Street sites comprised
Type 2 post-and-wattle structures, a Type 4 sunken-floored house (mentioned above) and
type 6 sill-beam houses.
Fig. 290: Excavated buildings on High Street, Waterford, 1986-92 (after Hurley et al. 1997,
142).
Excavation at the eastern end of High Street also yielded a sequence of clay-floored houses
fronting onto the street in an area fortunately undisturbed by post-medieval basements. A
large quantity of fish bones was later dumped over the site (Reid 1993; McCutcheon 1997a,
142).
Two late-twelfth-century sill-beam structures (Level 10) were excavated along the more
northerly 26m of Arundel Square, situated at the western end of Peter Street and High Street.
The western walls of the structures possibly abutted the defensive stone wall built in the
second quarter of the twelfth century (McCutcheon 1997a, 149-154) (Fig. 291).
An excavation at 9 Arundel Square uncovered the remains of a sill-beam structure fronting
onto Arundel Square (Wren 1998). It was at least 7.3m long east-west though only 1m of its
north-south extent was exposed. Pottery from associated contexts may indicate a late-twelfth
century date for the structure. To the rear of the street-fronting house was a series of small
structures within a backyard extending west for at least 10m.
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