Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - medieval
Landscape, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Landscape
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not idicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.36232, -6.96077
- SMR number
- WX034-086004-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream which is c. 80m to the N, and c. 670m SSE of where it joins the N-S River Barrow/Nore. This house is within settlement (WX034-086----), and it was excavated as House 4 by J. Hession in 2010 as part of the N25 New Ross bypass scheme. House 4 is 10m E of Structure 1 and similar in size (int. dims 13.5m N-S; 5.6m E-W), although it has no hearth. It is identified as a sunken floor, which may have been divided into two or more sections. A U-shaped trench around the S end may have had sill-beams and six structural post-holes are placed c. 1m inside it. A gap (Wth 0.75m) indicated by two post-holes in the W wall proves to be later disturbance while the original doorway is thought to be a small opening towards the S end of the E wall. Lines of stake-holes in the interior suggest internal screens, but shallow depressions just inside the lines of the walls may have been dust-baths and nesting-sites for fowl situated beneath fixtures like tables where they would not be disturbed. An annexe (int. dims 4.4m E-W; 2.9m N-S) defined by a U-shaped trench (Wth 0.7m; D 0.18m) is attached to the S and is contemporary with the house. Its rough entrance (Wth 1.1m) at the SW corner suggests its use by an animal. Two calibrated C14 dates of 1270-1400 and 1260-1390 are recorded from the house. (Hession 2010, 34-43; 2013; Eogan and Kelly 2016, 224-6, Building 2)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload; 1 February, 2017
References
Hession, J. 2013. Landscape 2. Possible prehistoric pits, early medieval settlement and associated features. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 251, No. 783. Dublin. Wordwell.
Hession, J. 2010 N25 New Ross bypass road scheme. Archaeological services contract, Stage (3) Excavation. Assessment report for Lanscape 2 in the townland of Landscape, Co. Wexford. Unpublished, Headland Archaeology.
Eogan, J. and Kelly, B. 2016. 'New Roads to Medieval Wexford.' in I. Doyle, and B. Browne Medieval Wexford: essays in memory of Billy Colfer, 211-40. Dublin, Four Courts Press
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.