County: Tipperary Site name: CLONMEL: Old Bridge
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0464
Author: John Tierney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 620151m, N 622176m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.350811, -7.704211
An archaeological investigation was commissioned prior to the redevelopment of the former Manor Mills building on Stretches Island on the River Suir in Clonmel. The building, originally a woollen store, is to become a series of apartments. A full standing building survey was undertaken.
Trial-trenching within the building at ground-floor level revealed the presence of a stone culvert, comprised of slab sides and capping, running diagonally across the site, and a possible wall foundation parallel to the exterior walls. A small test-pit in the courtyard also revealed stone wall foundations parallel to the main walls. Subsequent geotechnical test-trenches exposed five stone arches, possibly relieving arches relating to former walls, beneath the present ground floor.
Further monitoring was recommended.
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