1997:292 - KILKENNY: Abbey Street, Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: KILKENNY: Abbey Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 97E0008
Author: Paula King, on behalf of John Channing
Author/Organisation Address: Brooklawn House, Barna Road, Galway
Site type: Town defences
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 650300m, N 656166m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.654355, -7.256562
The excavation concentrated on house foundations positioned immediately outside the city wall adjacent to the Black Freran gate. A section of the city wall survived under the east gable wall of the house. Apart from the city wall, no undisturbed deposits or features of medieval date were identified.