County: Tipperary Site name: WINDMILL (Site 32)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0399
Author: Neil Fairburn, for Judith Carroll Network Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 607372m, N 639110m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.503335, -7.891405
Phase 2 archaeological excavation at Site 32 was carried out on behalf of South Tipperary County Council in advance of construction of the N8 Cashel Bypass and N74 Link Road. The scheme involves a 6km bypass route of the town and a 2km link road of the N74.
Site 32, c. 1km south of the town of Cashel, is situated on the northern slope of Windmill Hill and is c. 75m west of the main Cashel-Cork road, the N8. The area is good quality grazing land that slopes down to the north and east. Site 32 had previously been tested during Phase 1 pre-construction works carried out by Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd in 2002. This testing revealed a single circular pit with charcoal and pockets of red burnt clay.
The Phase 2 stripping and resolution of this area was undertaken to fully excavate the pit as well as the immediate surrounding area. Machine stripping and excavation was carried out in March and April 2003. No further archaeological features were discovered. It is possible that there may be an association with the single pit and features uncovered in Site 34 (No. 1833, Excavations 2003, 03E0418), but this has as yet not been proven.
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