County: Tipperary Site name: St. Patrick's Rock, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TS061:-024 Licence number: Unlicensed Monitoring
Author: Niall Gregory
Site type: No Archaeological Significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 207143m, N 140920m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.517500, -7.900000
Cashel – Tipperary Municipal Area, undertook emergency works following a diesel spill at a delivery depot on the R505 Dundrum Road. The spill entered the local surface water drainage system that discharged into a field at the junction of R505 and local road known as Bothrín Boicht.
This spill although small in nature, impacted upon a localised section of topsoil within the field, in which the Hore Abbey is situated (TS061-024). At its nearest, the Hore Abbey is 240m to south-east of the location of the works. However, recent during archaeological monitoring of footpath and ancillary works (16E0562), a Bronze Age hearth was recorded. This 0.5m² area of charcoal-rich fill and fire-reddened subsoil was located at NGR 207143 140920, some 8m to south-west of the contaminated soil area. Monitoring of localised groundworks associated with the clean-up took place on 15 May.
Monitoring comprised a JCB with flat-edged back-acting bucket removing 0.1m of topsoil within a 4m² area of works. The topsoil consisted of a dark grey to brown humic sand. No archaeology was encountered.
Dunburbeg, Clonmel Road, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
