2000:0932 - SUIR ISLAND, Clonmel, Tipperary
County: Tipperary
Site name: SUIR ISLAND, Clonmel
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 00E0560
Author: Avril Purcell, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
Site type: Industrial site
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 620345m, N 622250m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.351469, -7.701351
This assessment was undertaken on a portion of the island not tested during a previous assessment in 1999 (Excavations 1999, 287, 99E0606). A significant amount of milling activity was undertaken on the island during the late 18th and 19th centuries, evidence of which survives. Six test-trenches were excavated on the site. Material relating to domestic activity on the island contemporary with this industrial activity was revealed in the trenches. No earlier material was revealed.