County: Wexford Site name: 84–86 Main Street South, Wexford
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0612 ext.
Author: Emmet Stafford, Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology, Enterprise Centre, Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
Site type: Urban, medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 704927m, N 621625m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.336193, -6.460297
Testing was carried out at this site by Catherine McLoughlin in 2005 (Excavations 2005, No. 1686). Archaeological features and artefacts were uncovered directly beneath the floor level of buildings that previously occupied the site.
Excavation of the archaeological material, which survived only at the street front of the site, was subsequently undertaken. The material uncovered consisted of alternate layers of occupation debris and sand layers. Medieval pottery, whetstones and nails were uncovered associated with these deposits. A number of beaten clay floor levels were excavated, which may be associated with the later Hiberno-Norse use of this part of the town.
