County: Tipperary Site name: THURLES: Croke Street/Friar Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0540
Author: Anne Marie Lennon, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd.
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 612521m, N 658487m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.677400, -7.814840
Pre-development testing was required on this site as it lay within the zone of archaeological potential for Thurles town. The testing was undertaken in two phases from August to September 2000. The first area tested was to the north-west, a greenfield site with no history of prior use. Nine test-trenches were opened. The stratigraphy uncovered within the trenches was very similar. Topsoil, beneath which was ploughsoil, showed evidence for ridge and furrow cultivation, overlying subsoil.
In the second phase of testing, a further nine test-trenches were opened. The first of these trenches was within another greenfield area and produced deposits similar to the first phase of testing. The remaining trenches were within the area of the site that fronted onto Croke Street. This part of the site had previously been used as an abattoir. Evidence for the foundations of those buildings was recovered.
There was no evidence found from this site to suggest that there was medieval or post-medieval settlement or activity in this area.
24 Queen Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
