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Thu 10 Oct 2001Curiosity surrounds untimely find of capsule at Nelson's Pillar site
A "time capsule" buried under O'Connell Street in Dublin for almost 200 years has been uncovered under the site formerly occupied by Nelson's Pillar.
The find, which has been described by the director of the National Museum, Dr Pat Wallace, as significant and unexpected, was made by archaeologists working alongside a team excavating the site in preparation for the erection of the Millennium Spire, or Monument of Light.
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