Enclosure in St. Patricksrock

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