County: Carlow Site name: CARLOW: Potato Market
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CW007-018---- Licence number: 03E0476
Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 672149m, N 676600m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.835518, -6.929198
Pre-construction testing was undertaken on the site of a proposed development at the Potato Market in Carlow town centre. Four trenches were opened on the imprint of the proposed building. Testing revealed no features, neither archaeological nor modern. Most noticeable was the absence of any build-up of infill, rubble and associated building materials that would be typically found in a town. This was further endorsed by the total absence of any form of pottery. There was minimal topsoil cover, suggesting that the level of the site had been reduced. This was further supported by the absence of any foundations for the east–west and north–south visible internal walls on the relevant boundaries.
No evidence for medieval Carlow was found on the site, the likely reason being that the level of the site had been reduced. This was evident in the closeness of the natural deposits to the current ground surface
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