Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - medieval
Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wexford
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33592, -6.45982
- SMR number
- WX037-032020-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavations during 1988 (E000438) on a small site at the junction of Bride St. and South Main St. revealed the foundations of fifteen post and wattle houses in two plots dating from the 11th to the early 14th centuries. This is the most extensive evidence of the pre Anglo-Norman settlemeent of Wexford town. (Bourke 1988; 1988-9)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 20 December, 2012
References
Bourke, E. 1988 Bride St./South Main St., Townparks. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1988: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 38-9. Bray. Wordwell.
Bourke, E. 1988-9 Two early eleventh century Viking houses from Bride Street, Wexford, and the layout of the properties on the site. Journal of the Wexford Historical Society, No. 12, 50-61.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.