Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

A series of medieval pits and stakeholes sealed by possible flood deposits below the Vicar’s Choral building (KK019-026120-) at 15-16 Vicar Street, Kilkenny City. The features were recorded during archaeological excavation by Catherine McLoughlin undertaken prior to the development of the Kilkenny Inn Hotel and following an initial assessment by John Tierney (Eachtra Archaeological Projects) (licenses 03E0707, 03E1901; Tierney 2003, unpublished; 2006, 275; McLoughlin 2004, unpublished; 2007, 221; Stafford 2007, 221-2). Archaeological excavation in the area of the new hotel’s basement revealed a series of medieval pits and stake-holes overlain by layers of possible flood deposits. The features were preserved in situ beneath the surface carpark.

Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil

Date of upload: 13 November 2020

References

Tierney, J. 2006 15-16 Vicar’s Street, Kilkenny: urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 275, No. 1028. Bray. Wordwell.

McLoughlin, C. 2007 15-16 Vicar Street, Kilkenny: urban medieval/post-medieval. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 221, No. 902. Bray. Wordwell.

Stafford, E. 2007 15-16 Vicar Street, Kilkenny: urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 221-2, No. 903. Bray. Wordwell.

McLoughlin, C. 2004 Archaeological testing at 15-16 Vicar Street, Kilkenny 03E1901. Unpublished report. Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology.

Tierney, J. 2003 Archaeological test excavations report for 15-16 Vicar Street, Kilkenny 03E0707. Unpublished report. Eachtra Archaeological Projects Ltd.