Building

The National Monuments Service's description

To the rear of an early 19th-century house at 45 Parliament Street (NIAH 12000083) and immediately to the S of the 18th-century courthouse (NIAH 12000084), which incorporates the 15th-century urban tower house known as 'Grace's Castle' (KK 019-026093-) (Farrelly et al 1993, 76), test excavations by Brenda O’Meara (07E0843) uncovered the foundations of a boundary wall that separates the rear yard of No. 45 from a long narrow yard at the S of the courthouse (O’Meara 2008, unpublished; 2010, 261). This wall is constructed on a probable medieval stepped masonry foundation, which suggests it was the foundation of a medieval building (ibid.). A large stone-built N-S aligned culvert, of probable 18th-century date, truncates the foundation (ibid.).

Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil

Date of upload: 3 November 2020

References

O'Meara, B. 2010 45 Parliament Street, in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, No. 971, 261. Bray. Wordwell.

Farrelly, J., O'Reilly, B., and Loughran, A. 1993 Urban archaeological survey - county Kilkenny (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.