County: Wexford Site name: Creagh Demesne/Creagh Upper/Kilnahue (civil parish of Kilnahue)/Clonatin Lower/ Knockmullen/Gorey Corporation Lands/Goreyhill/Goreybridge/ Ramstown Lo
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WX007–033(01) Licence number: C150; 07E0766
Author: Denis Shine, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd, Unit 4, Dundrum Business Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715326m, N 659641m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.675650, -6.294601
Monitoring took place of ground investigations in advance of the Gorey main drainage scheme. These works were undertaken intermittently from 17 July to 13 September 2007 across thirteen townlands. Works consisted of the excavation of 25 slit-trenches, 25 trial pits and 3 boreholes to characterise the stratigraphy and locate services around the town.
No archaeological remains were encountered during groundworks; however, the purpose of archaeological monitoring of site investigations was to aid assessment of the archaeological potential of the area impacted upon by the scheme. While no archaeological features were identified during site investigations, the limited nature of the current phase of works means that the presence of archaeological features within the development impact area cannot be discounted. Full archaeological monitoring will be required for subsequent stages of the development.
