County: Tipperary Site name: Kilmore
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TS052-004 Licence number: 22E0047
Author: Mary Henry
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 601442m, N 648707m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.589639, -7.978719
As part of seeking planning permission to build a dwelling house and undertake associated site works, it was required that a programme of archaeological testing be undertaken. The requirement for the archaeological works was due to the fact the site is located close to an ecclesiastical enclosure (TS052-004001). Located c. 35m to the east of the development site, this monument consists a large roughly circular area measuring 94m (north-south) x 88m and defined by an earthen bank which has been mainly reduced to a scarp and the partial remains of a shallow fosse. A field boundary bisects the enclosure on the south-west/north-east axis as indicated on the 1st Edition OS 6-inch map. A church (TS052-004002) is located in the west quadrant of the enclosure, which, according to Gwynn and Hadcock, was the location of a monastery known as ‘Kill-mor-aradhthire’. All that remains are the low wall-footings of a small rectangular church.
A total of five test trenches were opened on the imprint of the proposed works. All trenches were featureless with relative consistent stratigraphy across all openings.
17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
