County: Wexford Site name: Mountgarrett Castle
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WX029-009 Licence number: 21E0627 ext.
Author: Colm Moriarty
Site type: Castle
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 672450m, N 629471m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.411948, -6.935069
Archaeological monitoring of rubble movement was carried out at Mountgarrett castle, New Ross, Co. Wexford in October and November 2022. The rubble represented stone that had collapsed from the castle in recent years and material that had been dumped at the site. No sub-surface excavation took place during these works and no intact archaeological horizons were encountered (only recent collapse material was excavated/moved).
During the course of the archaeological monitoring programme a number of fragments of cut stone were identified. These were photographed and then secured onsite for future conservation works.
The monitoring programme was carried out in conjunction with conservation repairs at the castle. These works were concentrated on the eastern and northern walls of the castle, as well as on the north-west corner of the structure. The repairs, which were archaeologically supervised, involved filling in masonry voids, tying in free-standing masonry elements, re-pointing degraded mortar joints and some rebuild. Funding for the conservation measures was supplied by the Community Monuments Fund (CMF22-1-WX001).
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