County: Wexford Site name: WEXFORD: The Faythe, Townparks
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RMP 37:32 Licence number: 01E0103
Author: Mary G. O’Donnell, Archaeological Services Unit, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 705286m, N 621121m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.331596, -6.455195
The site of a single house development at the Faythe, Townparks, Wexford, lay outside the walled town of Wexford, but within an area likely to have contained some suburban medieval settlement. The area known as ‘the Faythe’ is part of the zone of archaeological potential. Records dating from the 16th century indicate that at least 24 burgages existed in the street called Fayght Street (Colfer 1990–1, 22).
An archaeological assessment, including testing, was required by the planning authorities prior to the start of any work on the site. The test excavation was undertaken in February 2001. As there was no apparent archaeological content, no further archaeological requirement was recommended.
Reference
Colfer, B. 1990–1 Medieval Wexford. Journal of the Wexford Historical Society 13, 5–29.
