Building

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated to the south of Glashare Stream. Test-trenching was carried out as part of an assessment along a stretch of c. 40km of the proposed N8 road improvement scheme from Cullahill, Co. Laois, to Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Visible, prior to testing, as two parallel linear mounds of earth and stone (L 8m; Wth 0.8m; c. 8.5m apart). Testing revealed that the southern mound was the base of a crudely made mud-bonded stone wall sealed by topsoil. The area between the two linear mounds contained a rough surface of mortar and stone. No finds were recovered. The original function of this structure remains uncertain. It may represent the badly degraded remains of a vernacular building or part of a disused laneway. (Moriarty 2008, 193-4)
Excavation of this area in 2006 produced no evidence for any structural remains or archaeological features. However, an isolated worked plano-convex flint knife was recovered from the topsoil. (Hardy and Green 2009)

Revised by: Mary Tunney

Date of revision: 9 October 2013

References

Moriarty, C. 2008 Glashare. Building? In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 193-4, no. 790. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hardy, C. and Green, B. 2009 M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme. Archaeological Resolution. Final Report. E2394 Site AR 55 – 57, Glashare, Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.