2002:1770 - TIPPERARY: Collegeland, Tipperary
County: Tipperary
Site name: TIPPERARY: Collegeland
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 67:4
Licence number: 02E0263
Author: Anne-Marie Lennon, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 24 Queen Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Site type: Well
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 589301m, N 635146m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.467650, -8.157449
Monitoring of groundworks at this site revealed no evidence of the medieval Augustinian abbey. The exact location of the abbey is not certain. The last vestige of this structure, a stone archway, was knocked down in 1958 and is believed to be buried in the playing pitch to the north of the present-day school.
Monitoring of the foundations of the new development uncovered the basement and walls of the 19th-century school buildings. A stone well was also found in the courtyard of the associated 19th-century farm. This well has been incorporated in the new school buildings as an architectural feature. The cellars and other walls have been preserved in situ.