County: Wexford Site name: FERNS UPPER
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 96E0192
Author: Sarah McCutcheon
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 701628m, N 649844m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.590367, -6.500096
As part of the conditions of planning permission, archaeological testing was carried out on the site on 13 July 1996.
The site was located on the north-west side of the town, approximately 80m east of the thirteenth-century castle.
Two test-pits were dug by mechanical excavator in the area of a proposed petrol tank in the south-west quadrant of the site. Rock occurred within 0.2–0.3m of the existing ground surface in both pits. The moat surrounding the thirteenth-century castle to the east also shows that rock occurs very close to the surface. No evidence of archaeological strata was recorded from the test-pits.
Brook Lodge, Bandon, Co. Cork
