County: Carlow Site name: TINNAHINCH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CW024-026---- Licence number: 03E0446
Author: Rose M. Cleary, Department of Archaeology
Site type: Structure
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 671135m, N 643546m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.538609, -6.951390
The development of a sewer network in Tinnahinch included a number of elements. The sewer trench traversed the 18th-century bridge and continued along a modern road on the east side of the River Barrow and across a greenfield site to the existing treatment works. Part of this route is within the zone surrounding a tower-house. The pipe trench along the road and greenfield area was monitored and no archaeological material was uncovered.
Two wall sections of a structure were exposed during the excavation of the site for a new pump house. The walls were at right angles to each other and probably contemporary, and therefore a corner of a building. The structure was low-lying and the foundation plinth was at a depth of 1.7m below the present ground level. The ground level was raised and this is clear from the introduced fill layers, including red brick, below the present surface. The exposed structure was probably originally 1m below the ground level. The building was on a shallow offset foundation course and the walls were c. 0.8m wide. The precise date and function of the building are unknown. The remains may be the vestiges of a feature related to the Barrow Navigation Scheme or some other development along the riverbank.
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