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Building in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.)

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To the rear of an early 19th-century house at 45 Parliament Street (NIAH 12000083) and immediately to the S of the 18th-century courthouse (NIAH 12000084), which incorporates the 15th-century urban tower house known as 'Grace's Castle' (KK 019-026093-) (Farrelly et al 1993, 76), test excavations by Brenda O’Meara (07E0843) uncovered the foundations of a boundary wall that separates the rear yard of No. 45 from a long narrow yard at the S of the courthouse (O’Meara 2008, unpublished; 2010, 261). This wall is constructed on a probable medieval stepped masonry foundation, which suggests it was the foundation of a medieval building (ibid.). A large stone-built N-S aligned culvert, of probable 18th-century date, truncates the foundation (ibid.). Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 3 November 2020

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