Survey Data
Reg No
15503050
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Unknown
In Use As
Unknown
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
304938, 121724
Date Recorded
16/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Passageway, extant 1840.
Appraisal
A passageway representing an important component of the built heritage of Wexford with origins allegedly dating back to 'streets [which] ran steeply down to the Norse waterfront'. A heritage plaque notes that 'The name Keyser's Lane appears in the Norse towns of Wexford Waterford and Dublin': King Olav V (1903-91) of Norway, in correspondence with the historian Dr. George Hadden (1882-1973), mentioned that Keyser's Lane was a direct translation from the Old Norse of "Lane to the Wharf".