County: Waterford Site name: WATERFORD:Peter St. II, Custom House Ward
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Maurice F. Hurley, Waterford Corporation
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 660637m, N 612352m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.259537, -7.111766
This site was one of four excavated within the known medieval boundaries of Waterford, under the supervision of Maurice F. Hurley, City Archaeologist, prior to the proposed redevelopment of Waterford city centre.
The excavation was carried out during a five-week period in August/September and a further three weeks in November 1987. The excavated area measured approximately 20m x 10m and archaeological stratigraphy was present to a depth of 2.5m and to over 4m at the base of a large pit. There was little or no stratified material post-dating the medieval period.
A well-preserved stone-built 14th-century house was excavated. The 13th-century features included two stone-lined pits and part of a house. These were the earliest features uncovered on the site.
The finds include large quantities of pottery, some iron objects and the stem of a wine glass (probably Venetian). Large numbers of animal bones were also recovered, but material of an organic nature was not well preserved. French, English and native pottery wares were found throughout the 13th- and 14th-century levels, while Ham Green jugs from Bristol were predominant in the early 13th-century deposits.
Planning Dept., Waterford Corporation, The Mall, Waterford
