Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowran
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63004, -7.06744
- SMR number
- KK020-060031-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Testing was carried out in 2004 at the site of a proposed housing development (Excavation licence no. 04E0201). Portion of the town defences (KK020-060003-) were uncovered at the N end of the development. A number of other archaeological features were also uncovered including pits, ditches and medieval pottery. The features were preserved in situ by the utilisation of raft foundations for the houses. (McLoughlin 2004; 2009, 263, no. 1029)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 14 October 2013
References
McLoughlin, C. 2004 Archaeological Assessment, Fair Green, Main Street, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny. Licence no. 04E0201. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
McLoughlin, C. 2009 Fairgreen, Gowran. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 263, no. 1029. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Cross - Market cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.