Bradley, J. and King, H. A. (1992). Archaeological trial excavations in Kilkenny. Old Kilkenny Rev 4 (4). Vol 4(4), pp. 973-987.
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Archaeological trial excavations in Kilkenny | |||||||||||||||||
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Old Kilkenny Rev 4 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
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Old Kilkenny Review | |||||||||||||||||
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4 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
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973 - 987 | |||||||||||||||||
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Report on results of trial excavations at three sites in Kilkenny in 1990--91. Site I provided information on the construction of the town wall along its southeastern flank. A fosse 5m wide at the mouth and 1.6m deep into the subsoil lay outside the wall. The basal layers of the ditch were sterile but the main fill contained post medieval red brick fragments. An extensive dark silty layer with various post medieval wares, dairy vessels and clay pipes was found in four trenches, while layers of medieval or post medieval cobbling were also uncovered.Site II was near the ruined St John's Abbey and outside a putative line of defences. It produced only redeposited seventeenth to eighteenth century pottery, indicating that the site was open ground in medieval times, and supporting a medieval origin for the area's name, the `Prior's Orchard'.Site III consisted of the former Kilkenny College buildings and an associated open parkland area. Features included a 1.2m thick wall thought to belong to the late-sixteenth--early-seventeenth century house of the Seix family (later Kilkenny College; rebuilt in 1782) and a cobblestone surface probably associated with the 1782 buildings. A 0.7m wide wall was also uncovered in a trench where a wall with an external ditch was recorded on an eighteenth century map. Its narrow width suggests that it was not a defensive feature but a boundary wall. Modern sewage pipe-laying had obliterated any trace of the ditch. The parkland was recorded in 1666 as a `meadow' and excavation revealed that it had always been open ground subject to flooding from the River Nore. The presence of drains and gravel/rubble layers indicate eighteenth century and later attempts at land reclamation. | |||||||||||||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1992 | |||||||||||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |
