2015:334 - Harristown, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: Harristown

Sites and Monuments Record No.: WX041-032 Licence number: 15E0339

Author: Catherine McLoughlin

Site type: Medieval

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 688727m, N 613797m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.268703, -6.700015

Testing was undertaken at a development site adjacent to the remains of a ringfort. A series of test trenches uncovered extensive medieval features including a bowl furnace, pits, gullies and a very large ditched feature, all of which contained locally produced medieval coarseware and some imported pottery. 

Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology, Moonrise Farmhouse, Coolballow, Drinagh, Wexford.