2003:1744 - Newtown Lower, Faugheen, Tipperary

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tipperary Site name: Newtown Lower, Faugheen

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 79:15 Licence number: 03E0718

Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd, 17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 640600m, N 626254m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.386332, -7.403570

Monitoring took place of excavation works for the construction of an extension to a dwelling-house and licensed premises in the village of Faugheen, near Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. Faugheen is classified as a medieval settlement. The works will be carried out in two phases. The first phase, of concern here, entailed building a shed, which measured 8.5m by 6m. No archaeological features were revealed in the course of monitoring groundworks.