County: Tipperary Site name: LIT Thurles Campus, Nenagh Road, Thurles
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TN041-035 Licence number: 13E0231
Author: Tim Coughlan
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 611699m, N 659578m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.687220, -7.826960
A program of testing was carried out within the site of a proposed development at LIT Thurles Campus, Nenagh Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. The works was carried out in response to an Additional Information request by North Tipperary County Council relating to Planning Reg. Ref 13/510112, dated 5 June 2013.
Testing and/or geophysical survey were recommended in the desktop assessment due to the proximity of possible earthwork (TN041-035) and the greenfield nature of the site. Geophysical survey identified two north–south running linear features in the test area, the westernmost of which appeared to be a ditch-bank-ditch feature. A number of agricultural furrows were noted running north-west/south-east through the site and areas of disturbance were identified in the east of the site.
A total of nine trenches were excavated within the area of proposed development which failed to identify anything of archaeological significance. The linear features represent post-medieval field boundaries or drainage channels. They are not shown on the 19th-century mapping for the area. Agricultural furrows and drains were identified corresponding to those identified in the geophysical survey. Deposits of construction debris were identified in the eastern limit of the site.
Both the geophysical survey and testing failed to identify anything of archaeological significance within the proposed development area.
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