Skeletal remains dating back 1,000 years found on site of planned Dublin hotel

A member of the archaeology team works on a skeleton at an ancient burial site on the new Bullitt Hotel development site (Brian Lawless/PA)

Burial sites dating back more than one thousand years have been discovered during excavations for a new hotel in Dublin city centre.

Around 100 skeletal remains from the Middle Ages were found in an area around Capel Street where an abbey, St Mary’s, once stood.