2007:1594 - CAHIR: Old Church Street, Tipperary

Limited groundworks were monitored at Old Church Street, Cahir, as part of laying an ESB cable. In the course of laying the cable the building contractors encountered a small quantity of disarticulated bones. By the time of the discovery of the bones almost all of the groundworks had been completed. The site was of potential archaeological interest due to it being located immediately beside the east boundary wall of St Mary’s parish medieval church and graveyard.

The area of groundworks monitored measured 1.2m by 0.35m, which was undertaken manually. No trace of human remains was uncovered. However, the semi-articulated remains of a dog were uncovered. This find was not surprising, as the area had previously been used as a dog pound.