County: Tipperary Site name: BALLYHISTBEG
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Niall Gregory, Gregory Consultant Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 604512m, N 615670m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.292680, -7.933854
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was conducted within a greenfield area in advance of a single house at Ballyhistbeg, Ardfinnan, Clonmel. The scheme encompassed an area of 700m2, with the footprint of the proposed building being 160m2. Monitoring took place on 12 January 2005. A road (SMR 87:33) ran adjacent to the site of development.
Topsoil-stripping achieved depths of 0.29–0.38m, of which the topsoil comprised the upper 0.15–0.2m and rested directly upon the underlying natural subsoil, which consisted of a yellow sandy silty clay with frequent inclusions of decayed and undecayed limestone and some sporadic sandstone. Nothing of an archaeological nature was encountered in the course of the works.
Dunburbeg, Clonmel Road, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
