2006:1097 - Lady’s Well Street, Thomastown, Kilkenny

The greenfield site, where it is proposed to carry out site development enabling works, is located at Lady’s Well Street, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, a short distance from the centre of Thomastown and just outside the northern line of the zone of archaeological potential surrounding the medieval town (KK028–040). A holy well is located c. 180m to the north of the site and the 17th-century Abbey View House is located c. 50m to the south. Nine test-trenches were opened on the proposed development site in August 2006. Topsoil depths were no greater than 0.2m. The topsoil overlaid a pale orange sandy boulder clay subsoil. This subsoil was stony on either side of the field boundary dividing Fields 1 and 2 and where trenches were located close to the southern field boundary. The topsoil removed from the trenches was spread thinly for examination. Some sherds of post-medieval glazed red earthenware and unglazed earthenware were recovered from the topsoil. Modern china and animal-bone fragments were also recovered. There were no archaeological features noted in the test-trenches.