1997:292 - KILKENNY: Abbey Street, Kilkenny

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kilkenny Site name: KILKENNY: Abbey Street

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0008

Author: Paula King, on behalf of John Channing

Site type: Town defences

Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)

ITM: E 650300m, N 656166m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.654355, -7.256562

The excavation concentrated on house foundations positioned immediately outside the city wall adjacent to the Black Freran gate. A section of the city wall survived under the east gable wall of the house. Apart from the city wall, no undisturbed deposits or features of medieval date were identified.

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