2011:580 - THURLES: Community Hospital of the Assumption, Tipperary

Monitoring took place of groundworks associated with the construction of a new ambulance base, covered ambulance parking bays, staff car park and dedicated entrance/exit adjacent to the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Leugh Road, Thurles. The area to be stripped and excavated measured 40.6m east–west by 64.4m and was excavated to a depth of 0.7–1m. The site was bounded to the north and east by a large stone wall possibly associated with the original workhouse building. The existing ambulance base and car park were located directly to the south, and a modern boundary wall and community hospital to the west. In 2004, during the construction of the current hospital, 19th-century burials were uncovered by Bruce Sutton (Eachtra) under licence no. 04E0599 (Excavations 2004, no. 1632). Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered during this phase of works.