County: Offaly Site name: 6-12 JKL Street, Edenderry
Sites and Monuments Record No.: NA Licence number: 23E0929
Author: Philip Quilty, Rubicon Heritage
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 663255m, N 732904m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.342581, -7.050107
The programme of archaeological testing comprised the excavation of twelve trenches with a total
length of 126.41 linear metres. During the course of the test trenching programme a number of phases of occupation were encountered. An agricultural furrow (C011), a post-hole (C012) and a pit (C013) containing post-medieval pottery dating to the early 18th century (C. McCutcheon pers. comm.) represents the earliest phase of occupation at the site (Phase I). Architectural elements in the form of sub-surface masonry were also encountered and it is believed that these formed part of the second phase (Phase II) of activity and is 19th century in date, while concrete foundation beams and concrete floor slabs belonging to the early 20th-century building (Phase III) complete the findings at the site.
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