2015:467 - Coolcotts Lane, Newtown/Townparks, Wexford, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: Coolcotts Lane, Newtown/Townparks, Wexford

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 15E0504

Author: Niall Colfer

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 703052m, N 621339m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.333974, -6.487898

An assessment was undertaken at Coolcotts Lane, Newtown/Townparks, Wexford on behalf of Minetta Ltd. who have applied for planning permission from Wexford Co. Council to build a substantial residential development on the site. The proposed development site is a greenfield area consisting of 5.13ha.

Test trenching was undertaken on 28 and 29 October 2015. This involved the excavation of a single centreline trench and staggered offset trenches excavated using a tracked machine with a 2m wide ditching bucket. It revealed 0.3-0.5m of soil overlying orange/grey stony natural boulder clay. Occasional stone-filled land drains were uncovered. No features of archaeological significance were recorded. No further archaeological mitigation is recommended.

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