County: Tipperary Site name: Presentation Secondary School, Mitchell Street, Thurles
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TN041-042 Licence number: 13E0083
Author: Aidan Harte
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 613047m, N 658933m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.681398, -7.807041
Test trenching was carried out, from 4–8 April 2013, as part of an overall Archaeological Impact Assessment, ahead of an extension to a school building here. The site is situated on the eastern side of Thurles town near the River Suir in the townland of Townparks. Within the overall historic town, the site is within 500m of the Carmelite Friary (TN041-042008), the bridge (TN041-042006), a gateway (TN041-042016), Bridge Castle (TN041-042002), a graveyard (TN041-042019) and medieval church (TN041-042009).
Six trenches were inserted across the area of the proposed extension (17m x 16m). The building of modern walls and insertion of sewage pipes had disturbed material across the site. These mixed layers covered two short and truncated sections of masonry foundation. These foundations were associated with modern pottery. The lowest layer, where found, was dark greyish brown silt with slight amounts of charcoal flecks. A small fragment of post-medieval pottery and clay pipe stem were recovered and the earliest layers appear to have been agricultural in use. Nothing of archaeological significance was found.
Munster Archaeology, Butlerstown, Bandon, Co. Cork.
