2015:080 - New School at Tinvane, Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tipperary Site name: New School at Tinvane, Carrick-on-Suir

Sites and Monuments Record No.: none Licence number: 14E0385

Author: Donald Murphy

Site type: Non Archaeological

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 641757m, N 622583m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.353242, -7.387040

An assessment, requested by Tipperary County Council in a condition attached to a grant of permission for the site, was carried out in advance of the proposed development of a new school at Tinvane townland, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. Testing was carried out to complement the results of a geophysical survey which was also requested and was carried out in advance of the test trenching. The site is located on the outskirts of Carrick-on-Suir and in close proximity to TS085-005, an enclosure located within the townland of Ballylynch.
The site, a large open field, is bounded by the N24 Carrick-on-Suir to Waterford road to the south, including an older section, now bypassed and reduced to a small laneway. The west is bordered by the impressive tree-lined avenue to Tinvane House and the northern and eastern boundaries are within the same open field.

A detailed geophysical survey was conducted in the field on 2 October 2014. This identified a small number of linear anomalies that appeared to have been former field boundaries or field drains. During testing these features were confirmed as modern and not features of an archaeological nature.
The test trenching was carried out on 3 October 2014. A total of 15 trenches were excavated which targeted the features found in the geophysical survey but also tested the remainder of the site. No features or deposits of an archaeological nature were identified.
Due to the absence of any archaeological features or deposits on the site, there will be no impact from the proposed development which should be allowed to proceed without further archaeological requirements.

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