County: Offaly Site name: CLONMACNOISE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: OF005-029 Licence number: E4370; C462
Author: Mark Keegan
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 600817m, N 730599m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.325413, -7.986998
Monitoring was undertaken during May 2011 to enable works relating to the construction of a new access gate to the Nuns’ Chapel at Clonmacnoise. The new gateway will replace the existing gate to the south-west of the Nuns’ Chapel. Two limestone piers are required for the new gateway. Each pier required the hand excavation of a foundation pit, measuring 0.6m2 by 0.45m in depth. Monitoring of these excavations did not reveal any archaeological deposits or finds.
vNational Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Government Buildings, The Glen, Waterford
