Building

The National Monuments Service's description

At the W edge of a broad marshy basin. Within a former manorial centre associated with the preceptory of the Knights Templar (WA017-003001-) (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 330). A rectangular medieval building (dims. c. 2.5m N-S; c. 7m E-W) identified during archaeological excavations (licence no. 18E0613) in advance of a housing development (Pollock 2021, 33-7, 56). The footprint of the building was defined by eavesdrop drains and a slight and uneven shelf at the S uphill end of the floor area (ibid. 56). Internally there were two areas of scorching (ibid. 33, 35). A sherd of Ham Green B pottery from the fill of the drain has a date range of 1175-125), however, charcoal from base of drain produced a C14 date in the late medieval period, 1465-1611, with a 97% probability of being in the early part of the range, 1435-96 (ibid. 34, 56). Another medieval building (WA017-003011-) is located c. 35m to the NW and Kilbarry church (WA017-003001-) and graveyard (WA017-003002-) lie c. 70m to the SE.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 5 May 2021

References

Pollock, D. 2021 Final report on archaeological monitoring at Lacken Road, Kilbarry, Waterford, in late 2018/early 2019 and 2020. Licence no. 18E0613. Archaeografix. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service. Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.