County: Kilkenny Site name: 25 John Street Upper, Kilkenny
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KK019–026 Licence number: 05E1325 ext.
Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd, 17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 650887m, N 656130m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.653979, -7.247899
Testing was undertaken as part of granted planning permission to construct a retail and hotel room development at No. 25 John Street Upper. Three test-trenches were opened on the site. No features or deposits associated with the medieval period were found in any of the trenches. In one of the trenches a 19th-century stone-built culvert was found extending across the site. In the other two openings natural deposits were recorded at a shallower depth below the present ground surface, suggesting a natural slope from south-east to north-west. A shallow linear trench was uncovered in the third opening. Measuring 1m long by 0.73m wide and 0.36m deep, it contained one fill, comprising a loose mid-brown loam with frequent pebbles and occasional sherds of post-medieval pottery.
