2013:195 - Giantsgrave, Tipperary

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tipperary Site name: Giantsgrave

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/a Licence number: 13E0414

Author: Fintan Walsh

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 617851m, N 626096m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.386110, -7.737770

Testing was undertaken at the site of a proposed reservoir in Giantsgrave, Co. Tipperary. Test trenching took place on 12 December using a mechanical excavator, with a flat, toothless bucket. A total of eight trenches were mechanically investigated across the test area which measured c. 1.04ha. No features of archaeological significance were identified during the course of works.

IAC Ltd, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow