2008:1278 - Ferrybank South/Tincone, Wexford

An assessment was carried out at Ferrybank South/Tincone, Co. Wexford. The proposed development site consists of an area of overgrown waste ground, measuring c. 50m by 55m, located adjacent to the Slaney estuary. The ground slopes gradually from east to west and a steep embankment along the eastern edge of the site may represent the original foreshore. Wexford town (WX037–032), which contains extensive evidence for Viking and medieval activity, is located c. 500m to the south-west, on the opposite side of the estuary. Three test-trenches were excavated as part of the assessment and these revealed that site was covered in estuarine silts which measured up to a maximum of 1.6m in depth. No features of archaeological interest were noted in any of the trenches opened. The only finds recovered were fragments of red brick from the estuarine silts and there was no evidence for any preserved organic remains.