2021:148 - STRANDFIELD MANOR, Wexford

Archaeological test excavations were carried out in advance of the proposed construction of a housing development at Strandfield Manor, Spawell Road, Wexford. The site lies within the grounds of Strandfield House, a building recorded in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Three phases of archaeological work were conducted at the site from August to early September 2021. This initially involved the excavation of six test trenches within three separate areas (Areas 1–3) located to the north, south and west of Strandfield House. The lands available for testing encompassed a combined area of approximately 0.25ha. Nothing of potential archaeological interest was identified in Areas 1 and 2, though the line of a wall (some 10m in length) was noted on the ground surface in Area 3. The newly identified wall was the focus of two further phases of works, which revealed it to comprise part of a small outbuilding or shed marked on early historical maps and associated with Strandfield House. The structure walls were exposed to the depth level required for development purposes, before being mapped and recorded prior to their partial demolition and preservation in situ.