2020:132 - KILKENNY: Lyrath Estate, Paulstown Road, Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: KILKENNY: Lyrath Estate, Paulstown Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 20E0019
Author: Marion Sutton & Seán Shanahan, Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 39A, Hebron Business Park, Hebron Road, Kilkenny
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 654521m, N 655393m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.646996, -7.194320
Archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping associated with the provision of a staff accommodation building in the grounds of Lyrath Estate Hotel, Carlow Road, Kilkenny under planning ref. 18/629, was carried out on 25 February 2020.
Topsoil stripping was carried out across a narrow, landscaped, level grassed site, which tapered from the south-west to north-east, over an area measuring 32m long x 9m wide to the south-west end by 4m wide to the north-east end.
No features, deposits or finds of archaeological significance were exposed.