County: Kilkenny Site name: Bolton, Callan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KK026–010 Licence number: 06E0961
Author: Patrick J.H. Neary, 24 Talbots Inch Village, Freshford Road, Kilkenny.
Site type: Urban, medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 641596m, N 643079m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.537471, -7.386844
A new housing development in proximity to the walled medieval town of Callan had a planning condition attached requiring archaeological monitoring. A cluster of four shallow pits was uncovered in which a little Leinster cooking ware was present, placing the pits in the 12th/13th century. The only other features noted were land drains which dated in the main to the 20th century.
