2007:97 - CARLOW: Dublin Street/Cox’s Lane, Carlow

Testing was carried out at Dublin Street/Cox’s Lane, Carlow, on a proposed development within the zone of archaeological potential for the historic town of Carlow. Eight test-trenches and two pier foundation trenches were excavated. No features of archaeological significance were uncovered during testing. Two sherds of 13th–14th-century pottery at the eastern end of the site, towards Dublin Street, were contained in a mixed dumped deposit that also contained 18th–19th-century sherds; the deposit was used to level off a natural slope in advance of building the existing 19th-century structure. The medieval sherds were therefore thought to have been residual, but monitoring of this area during preparatory groundworks was recommended. Subsequent monitoring also revealed nothing of archaeological significance.