County: Kilkenny Site name: KILKENNY: John’s Bridge
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0129
Author: David A. McCullough, for The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd.
Site type: Bridge
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 650720m, N 655905m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.651970, -7.250396
Excavation carried out before the River Nore Flood-Alleviation Project in the city of Kilkenny identified significant timber fragments of an early bridge under the current span of John’s Bridge, Kilkenny. The area was investigated by manual excavation and the monitoring of machine-assisted excavation. The remains of an oak timber structure were discovered and excavated in situ. In addition to this, softwood uprights that relate to the bridge building after 1763 were recovered. An incised gravestone, numerous fragments of pottery and iron artefacts were recovered during the monitoring phase of the investigation.
41 The Orchard, Kilkenny
