County: Wexford Site name: Clonhasten, Enniscorthy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: Unlicenced Monitoring
Author: Seán Shanahan & Michael Greiner, Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 698450m, N 641127m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.512623, -6.549576
Monitoring of test excavations took place at Clonhasten, Enniscorthy in relation to the proposed construction of a new pumping station and associated works as part of the Enniscorthy Water Supply Scheme.
The site was largely greenfield, with a small area of brownfield surrounding the existing pumping station.
In total 9 trial holes and 4 slit trenches were monitored. Excavated trenches varied in depth from 0.8-3.5m. Stratigraphy within the site was relatively uniform, consisting of grey-brown silty clay, sealed by 0.8-1.4m of light brown sandy clay, which was in turn sealed by 0.4m of light brown silty topsoil. The only variations in stratigraphy being in those pits (Trial Holes 1, 2 & 2A, and Slit Trench 3) located on built-up ground directly adjacent to the existing pumping station where the excavated material consisted principally of redeposited sand and gravel.
No archaeology was found during testing.
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