2014:231 - CARRICK ON SUIR: 76 Main Street, Tipperary
County: Tipperary
Site name: CARRICK ON SUIR: 76 Main Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 14E0038
Author: Sean Shanahan, Shanarc Archaeology
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 15 Woodlawn, Archers Avenue, Kilkenny
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 640027m, N 621741m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.345803, -7.412534
Further to the discovery of a hoard of 17th-century gold coins, an assessment was carried out at the site including a metal detection survey. Seven test trenches were excavated across the footprint of the development site, including one trench along the area of the find spot. A gold guinea dated 1685 was recovered from this test trench along with several other later coins including a “Conder” token dated 1792. All other finds associated with the assessment date to the post-medieval period. No other structural elements were encountered in the course of the test excavation.
