County: Tipperary Site name: RIVER SUIR, Clonmel
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06R146, 06D042
Author: Eoghan Kieran, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 622545m, N 620551m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.336106, -7.669180
Underwater assessment was carried out at the site of a number of proposed drainage works which themselves are components of the River Suir (Clonmel) drainage scheme. Desktop analysis of sources relating to the proposed development noted that the only monument in the vicinity of the proposed developments was St Nicholas’s Church.
The development proposed to impact on three small streams, the Auk West, Auk East and Whitening Stream, and on the River Suir in two places. The degree of impact varied with the location and is site specific.
The assessment found that the remains of Strathtae mill and a possible associated millstone were in the area of the Auk Stream West, designated to be redeveloped through the reduction of the streambed.
The Auk Stream East was a dry stream, which passed from Roaringwater Road through a residential area and into a larger stream. The streambed had been extensively modified in recent times and no archaeological features or material was noted therein.
Whitening Stream had landscaped stream banks as it passed through the rear of a number of residential properties at Glengad Road. It then passed the western and southern boundary of St Nicholas’s church before being diverted into a culvert which took it to its confluence with the Suir. Although no archaeological material was noted in the area surrounding St Nicholas’s church, the proposed development has the potential to uncover previously unrecorded archaeological deposits in this area.
No archaeological material was noted in the area surrounding the Old Mill or Dr Quirke’s Park. There was, however, potential for recovery of submerged material from the portion of the River Suir which passed through the town. The report subsequently recommended that the works on the River Suir be monitored by a suitably qualified archaeologist.
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