County: Tipperary Site name: KILBOY HOUSE, DOLLA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TN026-060 Licence number: 06E0533
Author: Brenda O’Meara
Site type: 18th-century house/castle possible site
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 586732m, N 672379m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.802240, -8.196763
Further monitoring was carried out at Kilboy House, Dolla, Silvermines, during the summer of 2011 (see also Excavations 2006, no. 1853). Originally built in the mid- to late 18th century, Kilboy House was burnt and rebuilt in 1922 and demolished c. 1955. A single-storey house in a vaguely Georgian style was built on the original basement. Permission was granted for the removal of the modern structure and the rebuilding of the house in period style, with the retention of original Georgian fabric.
Groundworks monitored included trenching in advance of latent heating pipes and enabling works and trenching in advance of gas.
Trenching extended from the house to the nearby lake as part of the insertion of a latent heating system. Modern alteration to the northern side of the lake was recorded during trenching. No archaeological soils or features were recorded.
Brittas, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
