2010:632 - Croke Street, Thurles, Tipperary

Pre-development testing was requested as the site lies within the constraint zone of TI041–042 (Thurles town). A total of eight test-trenches were opened along the footprint of the proposed development. Test excavations revealed the remains of the foundations of the earlier 19th-century building in the front section of the site, including the deep cut to support a large double chimney, while in the rear of the site, formerly a garden, an enigmatic brick-wall foundation, of 19th-century date, was uncovered in Trench 7. Apart from several glass bottles and sherds of pottery from the 19th/20th centuries, no artifacts or remains of an archaeological nature were uncovered during testing.