County: Kilkenny Site name: 'Talbot Bastion', Townparks, Kilkenny
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Edward C. Bourke, 62 Rockville I)rive, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Site type: Medieval mural tower
ITM: E 650440m, N 656143m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.654135, -7.254511
A test excavation of a bank inside the city wall at Talbot Bastion was carried out in advance of conservation. A small hand-dug test excavation was carried out on the roof of the tower. No archaeological material was recovered.
