County: Tipperary Site name: CARRICK-ON-SUIR FLOOD RELIEF, Pumping Station 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0974
Author: John Tierney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 639841m, N 621900m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.347254, -7.415234
As part of the Flood Relief Scheme currently under way in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, the Office of Public Works proposed to install a number of pumping stations along the banks of the River Suir. These stations average 5m by 6m and are set approximately 4m beneath the present ground surface. Following specifications outlined by Dúchas, requesting that areas being disturbed by such development should undergo testing, a test excavation was carried out.
The pumping station was sited within the grounds of a convent, now used as a secondary school. This convent is located to the north of the River Suir to the west of the town.
Test-trench 1 was 10m long (east to west) and 0.9m deep, and was free of archaeological deposits. An inspection of spoil showed that the topsoil contained post-medieval pottery such as delft, willow pattern, creamware, glass, brick and plastic. This trench was excavated down to natural subsoil.
Trench 2 was 10m long and 1m deep. It revealed a modern pit within the north-facing section. The pit contained a greyish brown silty clay. It had moderate amounts of small stones and charcoal flecks, occasional brick fragments, post-medieval pottery and bone. It was approximately 1.45m long (east to west) and had a maximum depth of 0.5m.
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