Field system

The National Monuments Service's description

Excavated (E3471) during 2005 by H. Schweitzer as a part of Site 6 at Moneycross Upper, which was one of the excavations undertaken in advance of the construction of the N11 Arklow-Gorey link-road. Situated in a low-lying landscape on a slight S-facing slope. A subrectangular enclosure (max. dims c. 17m E-W; c. 17m N-S) that is open to the E is defined by a gully (Wth c. 0.8m; D c. 0.25m) that produced sherds of medieval pottery. N and S of this enclosure similar E-W gullies converge towards the medieval house (WX011-054001-) at E but a N-S gully c. 10m W of the house separates the house from the fields. A charred oat grain from a secondary fill produced a calibrated C14 date of AD 1405-55 (Eogan and Kelly 2016, 221). (Schweitzer 2008; 2009)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 1 February, 2017

References

Schweitzer. H. 2009 A medieval farmstead at Moneycross Upper, Co. Wexford. In C. Corlett and M. Potterton (eds.), Rural settlement in medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations, 15. Dublin. Wordwell.

Schweitzer, H. 2008 N11 Gorey to Arklow link: Archaeological ressolution. Preliminary report. E3471. Site 6, Moneycross Upper, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report. V.J. Keeley Ltd.