County: Wexford Site name: GLENTIRE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0564
Author: Dermot Nelis, 36 Fingal Street, Dublin 8.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 707700m, N 636967m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.473500, -6.414696
The development involves the extraction of sand in a greenfield site measuring c. 3.05ha at Glentire, Ballaghkeen. The site consists of gently sloping agricultural land and levels vary from c. 66m to 72m OD. A north-east/south-west haul road, measuring c. 500m in length, will be constructed from the proposed extraction area on to a regional road. The proposed development will involve the stripping of soils, creation of screening embankments, an access road and site restoration.
The excavation of eight test-trenches located throughout the development area failed to reveal any archaeological features or artefacts. On all occasions topsoil directly sealed superficial geological strata. In total 1530m• of test-trenches were excavated within the extraction area, giving an approximate 5% test-trenching sample; 252m• of test-trenches were excavated within the 5000m• haul road. No archaeological features or artefacts were revealed in any areas of land-take during testing.
