County: Waterford Site name: CHEEKPOINT LOWER BAR AND DUNCANNON BAR, Waterford Harbour
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0949, 00D049, 00R091
Author: Niall Brady, for Archaeological Diving Company Ltd.
Site type: Wreck
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 672994m, N 603013m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.174099, -6.932805
Intermittent monitoring of maintenance dredging at Cheekpoint Lower and Duncannon Bar in Waterford Harbour in 2000 recovered a series of five timbers and one metal piece from Duncannon Bar. The pieces complement two timbers recovered in 1999 and represent a variety of different vessels, most probably coastal traders of 19th-century date. Underwater assessment of part of Duncannon Bar sought to identify the source(s) of the timbers. Further monitoring on Duncannon is planned.
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