2010:765 - Frankfort 8, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: Frankfort 8

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004158

Author: Bruce Sutton, for TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare.

Site type: Pit

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 710795m, N 654809m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.633183, -6.363196

Frankfort 8 was located on the proposed M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. A single shallow waste pit was identified at the site. The pit measured 1.45m by 0.75m and was 0.2m deep. The base of the pit was filled with heat-shattered stones over which lay a layer of charcoal-rich sandy silt. No finds or other features of archaeological significance were recorded.