County: Waterford Site name: MONVOY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0070
Author: Orla Scully
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 657418m, N 603653m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.181693, -7.160392
The project in Monvoy involves the building, in phases, of 48 dwelling-houses. Dúchas required that the clearance of topsoil for the access roads and the excavation of service trenches into the individual plots be monitored. The area is immediately north-east of Tramore, on the outskirts of the residential area. There are several known sites in the area, including a prehistoric rhyolite mine and two ringforts.
The monitoring revealed only land drains, which were all earth-cut trenches filled with loose small stones. The only datable artefact from the fill of these drains was a sherd of a cream- and brown-glazed earthenware whiskey jar from Tullow, Co. Carlow. This is likely to date to the 19th century.
7 Bayview, Tramore, Co. Waterford
