2020:132 - Lyrath Estate, Paulstown Road, Kilkenny, Kilkenny

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kilkenny Site name: Lyrath Estate, Paulstown Road, Kilkenny

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 20E0019

Author: Marion Sutton & Seán Shanahan, Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 654521m, N 655393m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.646996, -7.194320

Archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping associated with the provision of a staff accommodation building in the grounds of Lyrath Estate Hotel, Carlow Road, Kilkenny under planning ref. 18/629, was carried out on 25 February 2020.

Topsoil stripping was carried out across a narrow, landscaped, level grassed site, which tapered from the south-west to north-east, over an area measuring 32m long x 9m wide to the south-west end by 4m wide to the north-east end.

No features, deposits or finds of archaeological significance were exposed.

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