2008:1283 - Gorey Hill, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: Gorey Hill

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0415

Author: Robert O’Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Limited, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Site type: Burnt-mound spreads

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 713917m, N 659457m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.674295, -6.315486

An assessment was carried out on the site of a development at Gorey Hill, Gorey. A total of eleven test-trenches were excavated in the areas proposed for development. Two archaeological features (burnt-mound spreads) were discovered towards the western extent of the site during the assessment. No other archaeological remains were discovered.