County: Tipperary Site name: KNOCKGRAFFON
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 75:19 Licence number: 95E0165
Author: Dave Pollock, Rathduff, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.
Site type: Settlement deserted - medieval
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 605804m, N 629558m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.417495, -7.914678
Over two days in August 1995 a proposed dwelling site north of the ruined church at Knockgraffon was trenched mechanically. Below the present, fallow, topsoil, a number of parallel linear features filled with an old soil represent medieval/early post-medieval cultivation. A number of pits, a ditch, two firespots, and traces of one or two wicker buildings suggest the edge of a settlement, potentially medieval. Decayed bone was noted in the features, but no pottery and no industrial waste were found.
