Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
St. Patricksrock, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- St. Patricksrock
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52019, -7.89067
- SMR number
- TS061-025026-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precinct of the cathedral and graveyard are defined by a stone wall. The SW angle including a corner tower, the W wall (L 43m) and the W end of the S wall (L 18m) of this enclosing wall appear to be medieval in date. In 1988 an area outside the W end of the Hall of the Vicars Choral (TS061-025005-), on the southern perimeter, was excavated (Manning 1989, 46). Evidence for two periods of gateway were uncovered, one pre-dating the 15th-century Hall of the Vicars Choral and one contemporary with it (ibid.). In both cases evidence for the E gate-pier only survived (ibid.). Foundations of a structure (TS061-025027-) pre-dating the Hall of the Vicars Choral and roughly contemporary with the earlier gate were also found (ibid.). An archaeological geophysical survey of the Rock of Cashel identified two roughly parallel anomalies (L c. 56m; Wth c. 5m), interpreted as a possible trackway, running southwestward from the SW corner tower (Gimson and Bonsall 2014, 13, fig. 3).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 29 November 2017
References
Manning, C. 1990 Rock of Cashel, St Patrick's Rock: ecclesiastical in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations Bulletin 1989: summary account of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 46. Bray. Wordwell.
Gimson, H. and Bonsall, J. 2014 Investigation of the Rock of Cashel surrounding lands and lands east of Hore Abbey, St. Patrick's Rock and Horeabbey Townland, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished archaeological geophysical survey.
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