County: Carlow Site name: LEIGHLINBRIDGE: Church Street/Pump Lane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 12:70 Licence number: 02E0880
Author: Mary Henry
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 669389m, N 665530m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.736398, -6.972498
Archaeological works (the opening of three test-trenches) were carried out at Church Street and Pump Lane, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow (No. 46, Excavations 2002). The owners of the site obtained planning permission to construct a row of five terraced houses fronting onto Church Street. It was necessary to carry out further works on the site. This entailed the reopening of one of the trenches.
Topsoil dominated the upper level of the trench. Highly visible at various locations along the trench was a deposit of lime mortar. Another sporadic context, consisting of a high percentage of iron slag, was deposited below the lime mortar. A partially collapsed limestone wall was revealed on an east–west alignment. It was bonded by a limestone mortar and was 1.4m high; a 5m length was exposed. Abutting it to the south was a limestone pillar, 1.3m high and 1.1m wide.
The western extremity of the partially collapsed wall abutted another wall, aligned north–south. A 6.5m length was exposed. The possible remains of iron ties were noticed at its northern end. This wall was overlain by a concrete path 8.5m long and 1.2m wide. Extending from the northern end of the concrete, the path continued, comprising dark grey limestone flags.
The walls, pillar and path were associated with the remains of a tramway that crossed the site, linking it with the nearby River Barrow and a 19th-century granary store beside the site.
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