House - medieval

The National Monuments Service's description

The remains of an undercroft (int. dims. c. 15.5m N-S; c. 8.25m E-W) situated c. 10m E of undercroft WA009-005057-, on the S side of Peter St., may have been one of the structures built by John Collyn in 1470 on land granted by Thomas Rice (MacNiocaill 1966, 170). It had been partially destroyed at its N end by 18th- or 19th-century cellars. A plinth, probably for a roof support, was placed 2m from the W and S walls (Wth 0.92-1.3m). A rectangular cess-pit outside the S wall was incorporated in a second phase as an annex (int. dims. 2.5m N-S; 5.5m E-W), while a new stone-lined cess-pit (dims. 1.9m N-S; 0.95m E-W; D 0.2m) was built inside the SW angle of the original undercroft. (Scully 1997a, 185)

MacNiochaill, G. (1966) Registrum cantariae S. Salvatoris Waterfordensis, Anal. Hib. 23, 135-222.
Scully O.M.B. (1997a) 'Section 6: (v) The stone undercrofts' In M. Hurley et al. (1997) Late Viking age and medieval Waterford: excavations 1986-92, 176-185. Waterford Corporation.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008