County: Waterford Site name: LISMORE: Castle Avenue
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 21:29 Licence number: 01E0289
Author: Dave Pollock
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 604623m, N 598626m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.139473, -7.932460
Two trenches were cut by machine in the garden of a 20th-century dormer building beside Castle Avenue in May 2001. The building was to be removed and replaced with two new houses. Substantial landscaping was represented in one trench by platforms and ditches (but no remains of buildings), probably constructed in the early 17th century along with other major works at and around the castle. The landscaping would have helped drainage, but would have had a limited defensive role since upcast material was spread flat rather than embanked beside the ditches. The second trench cut ground badly disturbed by the 20th-century building.
Knockrower Road, Stradbally, Co. Waterford
