2016:378 - Abbey CBS, Tipperary, Tipperary

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tipperary Site name: Abbey CBS, Tipperary

Sites and Monuments Record No.: TS067:004 Licence number: 16E0376

Author: Rob O'Hara

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 589143m, N 635605m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.471770, -8.159799

An assessment was undertaken at the Abbey CBS secondary school to the south of Tipperary Town in County Tipperary on a c. 1.14ha site in Collegeland townland. The development consisted of a Sports Hall in the area of the existing basketball/tennis courts to the rear of the school. The proposed Sports Hall site is a tarmacadam yard area to the south-east of the school approximately 120m south of the site of the former Abbey (TS067:004).

A total of 2 trenches were mechanically excavated across the site under archaeological supervision. The upper levels of tarmac were c. 0.1-0.15m deep and overlay c. 1-1.5m of imported river gravel. This overlay the natural reddish brown sand. No archaeological features were recorded.

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