2005:1686 - WEXFORD: 84–86 Main Street South, Wexford
County: Wexford
Site name: WEXFORD: 84–86 Main Street South
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 05E0612
Author: Catherine McLoughlin, Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 4, Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre, Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 704927m, N 621625m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.336193, -6.460297
Testing at the site was carried out in response to planning conditions. Archaeological features and artefacts were uncovered directly beneath the floor level of buildings that previously occupied the site. The material uncovered consisted of alternate layers of occupation debris and sand layers. Medieval pottery, whetstones and nails were uncovered associated with these deposits. A clay-lined pit was also uncovered. Full excavation of these deposits was later undertaken by Emmet Stafford.