County: Tipperary Site name: CASHEL: Main Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Mary O 'Donnell
Site type: Town defences
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 607248m, N 640447m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.515351, -7.893202
A one-day trial excavation, using a mechanical digger, was carried out in the area of the proposed extension to the Mitchelstown Co-op., which was within the walled area of Medieval Cashel. Three small trenches were opened, two adjacent to the town wall which was built between 1319 and 1324. The wall formed the western boundary of the site. Excavation revealed that a thick occupation deposit ran under the wall and may have related to a pre-walled Norman occupation or to some activity associated with the ecclesiastical settlement at the Rock of Cashel. The northern part of the site had been considerably disturbed, but some deposits, perhaps relating to the construction of the wall, survived in the southern part of the site. The excavation was financed by the developer.
9 Marian Terrace, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
