2007:1589 - Bansha, Tipperary

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tipperary Site name: Bansha

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0371

Author: Anne-Marie Lennon, AML Archaeology, Clonmore North, Cahir, Co. Tipperary.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 595629m, N 632976m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.448237, -8.064296

Testing was carried out following geophysical survey (07R0041). The site lies at the edge of the constraint zone of archaeological potential for the town of Bansha, TS067–101, and includes the standing remains of a circular medieval tower thought to be associated with a demolished tower-house. No features or finds of an archaeological nature were uncovered in any of the trenches opened.