What is recorded here

Kilmacoliver Hill holds a deserted medieval settlement beneath its graveyard, where four high crosses still mark an early monastic origin. People may have lived inside the enclosed wall, drinking water from the River Suir below and leaving pottery behind before abandoning the place. The valley remains witnesses to that forgotten occupation.

On the lower S-facing slope of Kilmacoliver Hill, overlooking the valley of the River Suir. The medieval church and graveyard (KK034-032002-) are located on the site of an early medieval monastery, as evidenced by four high crosses (KK034-032004-; KK034-032005-; KK034-032006-; KK034-032007-) within the graveyard. An archaeological excavation within the graveyard in 1985 (Hurley 1988, 124-34) revealed a wall and possible bank beneath it which may have been the ecclesiastical enclosure (KK034-032011-). Enclosed by this wall there was a layer of organically-enriched soil with associated medieval pottery which the excavator interpreted as a possible occupation layer (ibid. 130). Also revealed were a slot trench and post holes (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 August 2018

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