2012:629 - KILCOWAN, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: KILCOWAN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 12E0245

Author: Rose M. Cleary

Site type: NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 695941m, N 609636m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.230101, -6.595533

The proposed site for a house was tested prior to development. The site was located in Kilcowan townland within the zone of constraint for a graveyard, WX046-042-04. No above ground archaeological features were visible. Five test trenches were opened in the footprint of the house foundations, entranceway and percolation area. Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered.

Dept. of Archaeology, University College Cork