County: Dublin Site name: THE OLD VICARAGE, Swords
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0272
Author: Geraldine Dunne
Site type: Burial ground
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 718232m, N 746551m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.455747, -6.219741
Pre-development archaeological investigation at the rear of the Old Vicarage and within sight of a group of early ecclesiastical remains was undertaken prior to the building of apartments in the grounds and the redevelopment of the existing structure for conversion into additional apartments. No archaeological features were uncovered during the investigation.
During the renovation of the vicarage building, however, human skeletal remains were uncovered after the removal of floorboards. The remains consisted of one partly articulated skeleton and scattered bone fragments over a previously disturbed ground level. Prior to further archaeological work, the remains of an estimated further six skeletons were removed. Subsequent archaeological work revealed five more partly articulated skeletons, the orientations of which indicate that they were Christian burials pre-dating the construction of the 17th-century vicarage and disturbed by its foundations.
60 Hampton Cove, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
