1995:281 - WEXFORD: Georges St., Wexford
County: Wexford
Site name: WEXFORD: Georges St.
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 37:32
Licence number: 95E0139
Author: Jo Moran
Author/Organisation Address: Rathduff, Fethard, Co. Tipperary
Site type: Town defences
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 704527m, N 622350m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.342783, -6.465937
On 27 June the mechanical excavation of a trench measuring 17m x 3m was monitored outside the town wall between the West Gate and Georges St. (Excavation of a sump within the area was previously recorded by Joanna Wren.) The excavation did not disturb any medieval material. It cut post-medieval deposits accumulated against the town wall. A blocked doorway was exposed in a square tower. It appeared to pass through the wall obliquely, and was probably inserted in the 18th century.