2012:367 - THOMASTOWN: Kilmurry House/Castle, Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: THOMASTOWN: Kilmurry House/Castle
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 12E0201
Author: Claire Walsh
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 660063m, N 644058m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.544543, -7.114489
The excavation of trial pits for percolation purposes in the grounds of Kilmurry House, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny was supervised on 2/8/2012. Several sites are marked on the Sites and Monuments record. The mansion is listed on the RMP as KK028-028, an 18th-century house. This lies adjacent to an unclassified castle (KK028-028001) and a 17th-century house (KK028-028002). No finds or features of archaeological significance were uncovered in the trial pit area.