County: Wexford Site name: Mallin Street, Cornmarket, Wexford
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E002901
Author: David A. McCullough, The Crossways, Ballyline, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, for ADCO.
Site type: Town wall
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 704681m, N 621941m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.339079, -6.463806
Valerie J. Keeley Ltd was appointed by the National Building Agency on behalf of Wexford County Council to test an area of proposed development as part of the planning application. The proposed development area is located within the zone of urban archaeological potential (WX037–032) identified as the town of Wexford and is adjacent to the town walls.
It was proposed that three machine-dug investigation trenches, one measuring c. 20m by 2m and two measuring 10m by 2m, were to be excavated within the area proposed for development. The testing of the carpark flanking Mallin Street revealed archaeological features and artefacts relating to various stages of occupation and maintenance of the adjacent medieval town wall. Additionally, a drainage feature was revealed running across the area of proposed development which contained rich deposits of archaeological materials. Three trenches were inserted at predetermined locations within the project area testing for the presence of any archaeological materials and to aid in determining the nature and extent of any potential archaeology. Based on the discoveries made during this excavation, it is recommended that the proposed development site be subject to 100% archaeological resolution of all impacted areas or that the area be avoided entirely.
