What is recorded here

Excavation at 26 Patrick Street, Kilkenny, exposed five medieval pits and a possible fosse behind a mid-18th-century townhouse. The holes reached one metre deep and held Highhays ware, Kilkenny-type pottery and animal bones. They lay within the old walled burgage plot later associated with the Kilkenny Theatre, which stood there from 1902 to 1962. Jacinta Kiely dug them out before rear development, while post-medieval foundations showed the plot kept being reused.

Medieval pits within the former walled burgage plot for 26 Patrick Street, situated to the rear of a mid-18th-century (NIAH 12001026) townhouse and the Kilkenny Theatre’s former location, where it stood between 1902 and 1962. Five pits (max dims 3.8m N-S, 1.8m E-W, D 1m) containing Highhays ware and Kilkenny-type medieval pottery and animal bones, and a possible fosse (Wth 0.9m x D 0.7m) were excavated by Jacinta Kiely ( 99E0165) in advance of a development to the rear of the house (Kiely 1999 unpublished; 2000, 148). The foundations for a post-medieval building were also noted in the excavation. Whilst the site was fully excavated further archaeology relating to the former burgage plot may extend beyond the excavation area to the W. Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 14 December 2020

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