County: Tipperary Site name: Glencarbry, Holyford
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TI045:014 Licence number: 12E0335
Author: Niall Gregory
Site type: No Archaeology
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 594718m, N 652303m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.621940, -8.078000
Continuation of a 9-turbine Windfarm development took place. Phase 1, undertaken in 2012, saw archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping for Turbine No. 9. It takes in the townlands of Glencarbry, Piper Hill, Glenpaudeen, Glenlough Lower and Foilmacduff and took place in upland grazing and forestry zones. This current tranche of works which comprises Phase 2, commenced in November 2015 (with licence extension of 12E0335), entailed monitoring of topsoil stripping for the site compound, turbine access road, substation, Turbine No. 1 and Turbine No. 4. In all, some 24100m² was topsoil stripped.
The exposed stratigraphy consisted of 0.1-0.15m peaty topsoil on to the natural subsoil that consisted of yellow to orange silty clay with high concentration of small sandstone that sporadically exposed the sandstone bedrock. The natural subsoil was typically excavated into for a depth of up to 0.2m. While no archaeology was encountered, some residual elements of 18th- to 19th-century field boundaries and a plough zone were recorded.
The development is continuing in 2016.
Dunburbeg, Clonmel Road, Co. Tipperary
