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Well

Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Well, Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.), County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.65279, -7.25567
SMR number
KK019-026194-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

No. 23 James Street is on the corner of James’s Street and Tilbury Place 20m NW of St James's Gate on the town wall (KK019-026001-) of the Hightown of Kilkenny (Farrelly et al 1993, 11; Munby and Tyler (Oxford Archaeology) 2003, 82-3). The plot is fronted by a three-storey Edwardian house (NIAH 12000035) with modern extensions to the rear. Two archaeological excavations have been carried out on the plot. As well as medieval pits and deposits (KK 019-026191-), a burial (KK 019-026199-) and a smelting furnace (KK 019-026196-), test excavations by Paul Stevens (00E0730) identified a circular well (diam. 1.06m) lined with mortared cobbles (Stevens 2000, unpublished report; 2002, 177-8; 2006, 52-4). The feature was excavated to a depth of 0.65m and its fills produced Kilkenny-type medieval pottery.

Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil

Date of upload: 3 November 2020

References

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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Stevens, P. 2002 23 James's Street, Kilkenny 00E0730, in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, no. 537, 177-8. Bray. Wordwell.

Munby, J. and Tyler, R. (Oxford Archaeology) 2003 Kilkenny City walls: conservation plan. Kilkenny. Heritage Council.

Stevens, P. 2000 Inspection and Archaeological Impact Assessment 23 James Street, Kilkenny City, Excavation Licence No. 00E0730 (unpublished report.

Stevens, P 2006 Four Excavations in Kilkenny City (1999-2001): Part 1 The Medieval Findings. Old Kilkenny Review 58, 47-66.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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