Episode Four - The Punishment Block

The Punishment block, now called the Mitchell block, is the only purpose built building in the prison complex on Spike island and gives a horrifying insight into how debtors were treated in prisons, given Ireland's circumstances today!)

Episode Four - The Punishment Block

The excavation this year has concentrated on the officer¹s rooms in the Punishment block and in this episode we get a glimpse of the discoveries to date.

Next year the archaeologist will begin to excavate the actual convict cells.

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