County: Tipperary Site name: BAWNTAMEENA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 41:36 Licence number: 05E0133
Author: Tracy Collins, Aegis Archaeology Ltd, 16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 610726m, N 659001m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.682058, -7.841369
This development site on the outskirts of Thurles, almost sixteen acres in extent, was tested due to the fact that a portion of it lay within the zone of archaeological potential for a possible enclosure. This enclosure was noted as a cropmark on an aerial photo but was not visible on the ground. Four trenches were dug within the zone of potential for the archaeological site that impinged on the development area. All trenches measured 20m by 1m. Nothing of an archaeological nature was noted in the testing. This site was not included in the published inventory (Farrelly and O’Brien 2002, 458).
Reference
Farrelly, J. and O’Brien, C. 2002 Archaeological inventory of County Tipperary Vol. I – North Tipperary. Dublin.
