2007:1958 - John Street/Pearse Street, Gorey, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: John Street/Pearse Street, Gorey

Sites and Monuments Record No.: WX007–033 Licence number: 07E0279

Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd, 17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 715354m, N 659771m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.676812, -6.294143

Groundworks were monitored as part of the construction of a new three-storey building at Pearse Street/John Street junction. The site is located near the northern edge of the zone of archaeological potential for Gorey town. However, no archaeological remains or features were found pertaining to the 17th-century town.