2006:1095 - THOMASTOWN: Lady’s Well, Kilkenny

An impact assessment of a residential development at Lady’s Well, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, was required prior to applying for planning permission for the proposed development.

Testing failed to uncover anything of archaeological significance. A large amount of rubble and made-up ground was identified and was probably a result of the demolition of terraced houses depicted on the first-edition OS. Garden soil layers were more than likely a result of this period of occupation too, due to the types and dates of finds recovered from the deposits; although one sherd of medieval pottery was recovered, all the other finds were of an overwhelmingly later, 19th–20th century, date, therefore the medieval sherd is thought to be residual.