Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Riverine revetment
Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
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
- 52.65207, -7.25201
- SMR number
- KK019-026262-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Probable riverine revetment fence partially excavated by Claire Cotter (06E0712) and Denis Shine (06E0712 ext.) at 44-8 Kieran Street, within the Hightown of Kilkenny and 20m NE of St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) (Clutterbuck 2009, 275; Cotter 2009, 275-7; Cotter and Shine 2010, 14; Shine 2011, 210-12). The earliest features identified in the excavation comprised a series of SE-NW orientated post-holes, stake-holes and two slot-trenches (L 3.9m and 3.2m) that cut into the glacial boulder clay and were sealed beneath a post-medieval wall and a cobbled road of probable 13th/14th-century date. The features were interpreted as representing the original river defences of the W bank of the River Nore, prior to its reclamation and the construction of St Kieran Street in the 13th century (Cotter 2009, 276; Cotter and Shine 2010, 14; Ó Drisceoil 2003). They may also represent an early boundary for the NE precinct of St Mary's church as medieval burials, part of the graveyard (KK019-026156-) of St Mary's, were excavated directly to its W (Shine 2011). The fence was only partially excavated and further remains are likely to extend to the NW and SE of the excavation site.
Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
Date of upload: 14 December 2020
References
Clutterbuck, R. 2009 44-48 St Kieran's Street, Kilkenny: urban medieval. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, no. 1064, 275. Bray. Wordwell.
Cotter, C. 2009 44-48 St Kieran's Street, Kilkenny: urban medieval. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, no. 1065, 275-7. Bray. Wordwell.
Shine, D. 2011 44–48 Kieran Street, Kilkenny. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, no. 715, 210-12. Bray. Wordwell.
Cotter, C. and Shine, D. 2010 Request for Further Information regarding excavations at 44-8 Kieran Street, Kilkenny 06E712 and 06E712 ext., CRDS Ltd. Unpublished report.
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2003 Kilkenny Reclaimed: the archaeological evidence for medieval reclamation in Kilkenny city. Old Kilkenny Review 55, 58-69.
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