2023:880 - St. Patricksrock, Cashel, Tipperary

A programme of Archaeological Monitoring of the foundation pits/trenches associated with the erection of eleven replacement electricity supply poles was undertaken at Cashel, Co. Tipperary.

The subject works were located within the Archaeological Zone of Notification established with respect to Cashel (Historic Town; SMR No: TS061-025); none of the replacement poles were positioned in the immediate environs of any individual recorded monuments and only one, HH707, was positioned within the extent of the medieval defences.

Notification of the works was submitted to the National Monuments Service, as required under Section 12(3) of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, who recommended that all ground disturbance associated with the works be monitored by an archaeologist and under licence from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

The works were located within existing pavements along The Green, Dominic Street, Ladyswell Street, Main Street (Bailey’s Hotel) and Bohermore, the existing road at The Kiln and within garden areas along Rock Lane and Abbeyside.

The surface dimensions of the trenches varied in size, up to a maximum of 0.9m x 1.5m, and terminated at depths of 1.6m – 1.9m.

No subsurface features of archaeological interest or potential were uncovered by the excavations; likewise, no artefacts of archaeological or historical interest were recovered by the excavations and subsequent investigations of the spoil.