County: Wexford Site name: SOUTHKNOCK, NEW ROSS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1638 ext.
Author: Catherine McLoughlin, Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology, Unit 4, Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre, Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
Site type: Post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 671584m, N 626849m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.388504, -6.948343
Testing in advance of development was undertaken at this site in October 2003 (Excavations 2003, No. 2037). Testing revealed a system of post-medieval ridge-and-furrow cultivation adjacent to Bellevue House, a protected structure located within the development site, which dates to the mid-19th century.
Monitoring of groundworks undertaken in 2004 did not reveal any significant features; however, over 500 sherds of pottery dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries were recovered from the topsoil of the site.
