The house where medieval and modern Dublin meet

SCRATCHED INTO THE timber floorboards of 9/9A Aungier Street is a superstitious marking that looks like a upside W.
Sunni Goodson, architectural conversation specialist, says this was put there by builders in the 17th Century. It stands for virgo virginum and was a practice that people believed warded off evil spirits.
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The oldest house found in Dublin so far was in copper alley which was Anglo saxon and pre dates the Norse setlement at Dubh linn