County: Tipperary Site name: KILSHEELIN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TS084-002 Licence number: 04E1080
Author: Emma Devine, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 628371m, N 623415m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.361582, -7.583456
Four test-trenches were mechanically excavated at this site; Trenches 1, 3 and 4 revealed nothing of archaeological significance. However, Trench 2 uncovered the terminal of a medieval V-shaped ditch with several silted fills, including one of redeposited subsoil that may be indicative of bank slippage. Most fills contained both local and English pottery dating from the mid-13th–14th centuries. Not enough of the ditch was revealed during testing to give an indication as to whether it was curved or straight or if the opposing terminal survived; the archaeology appeared to be confined to the north-east portion of the site. The developer intends moving one of the houses that currently impacts upon the archaeology a few metres further west to preserve the archaeological remains in situ.
17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
