County: Wexford Site name: NEW ROSS: Craywell Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 29:13 Licence number: 01E0302
Author: Maurice F. Hurley
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 672222m, N 628456m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.402856, -6.938628
Testing was undertaken in April 2001 to provide information on the possible archaeological content of the proposed development site, in accordance with conditions of the planning permission.
The site is divided into three terraces; the lowest was formerly the site of a riverfront warehouse, the central terrace gives access from the junction of Craywell Road/North Street, and the upper terrace lies below Craywell Road.
The testing revealed an absence of medieval and post-medieval evidence from the site, suggesting that the area remained completely undeveloped until the late 18th or early 19th century. It is likely that the buildings shown on the 1843 OS map were the first to be developed on the site. More recently a variety of concrete, steel and asbestos-clad buildings were constructed.
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