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Tipperary<br />

saw the building <strong>of</strong> the present Cathedral, modifications to Cormac’s Chapel in the later<br />

Middle Ages and the use <strong>of</strong> its interior for burial in the early modern period.<br />

A feature <strong>of</strong> the pre-Cormac Chapel phases was the evidence for a division between the east<br />

and west end <strong>of</strong> the site. No evidence for any burials was uncovered to the west <strong>of</strong> the<br />

chancel arch and north tower <strong>of</strong> Cormac’s Chapel, except for one strange example in Area 2.<br />

Some indications that a formal physical boundary existed between these two areas was<br />

identified in the later pre-Chapel phases in the form <strong>of</strong> the cut feature with a stone fill. This<br />

evidence for the division between the sacred and pr<strong>of</strong>ane is comparable to other sites<br />

including Reask, Co. Kerry (Fanning 1981).<br />

<strong>The</strong> pottery assemblage from the site included a modest quantity <strong>of</strong> medieval pottery and at<br />

least one sherd <strong>of</strong> B ware (Late Roman Amphora). A series <strong>of</strong> coarse unglazed red wares and<br />

a single sherd <strong>of</strong> reduced black ware were also identified in the lower levels <strong>of</strong> the site<br />

stratigraphy. Other finds from the site included a kidney-shaped pin, stick-pins, a bone crutch<br />

headed pin, spindle whorls, a parallelepiped antler die, comb fragments and a large quantity<br />

<strong>of</strong> animal bone. Traces <strong>of</strong> antler working were also identified. Comb-making was the only<br />

trade to leave any manufacturing traces on the site.<br />

Fig. 282: Plan <strong>of</strong> excavated areas in the interior and exterior <strong>of</strong> Cormac’s Chapel, Co.<br />

Tipperary (after Hodkinson 1994, 168).<br />

References:<br />

Hodkinson, B. 1994. Excavations at Cormac's Chapel, Cashel, 1992 and 1993: a preliminary<br />

statement. Tipperary Historical Journal, 7, 167–74.<br />

Lynch, A. 1983. Excavations at the base <strong>of</strong> St. Patrick’s Cross, Cashel. North Munster<br />

Antiquarian Journal, 25, 9–18.<br />

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