County: Offaly Site name: Monasteroris
Sites and Monuments Record No.: OF011–009(6) Licence number: 10E0168
Author: Michael Tierney, The Archaeology Company, 9, Riveroaks, Riverstown, Birr, Co. Offaly.
Site type: Medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 660737m, N 733226m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.345777, -7.087840
The site of a proposed new house at Monasteroris, Edenderry, was tested as part of a request for further information. The site was adjacent to a deserted medieval village. Seven trenches were excavated. Two large ditches measuring 2.5m wide by 1.5m deep on average, and three oval/circular pits with an average diameter of 1m were found. A sherd of medieval pottery was found in one of the pits. The ditches may be associated with the adjacent medieval site.
