County: Dublin Site name: SWORDS: The Old Schoolhouse Restaurant
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0317
Author: Eoin Halpin, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 717825m, N 746423m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.454688, -6.225912
Testing took place on 22 July 1998. Two trenches were machine-excavated down to undisturbed natural. The results suggest that the construction of the schoolhouse, allied to localised quarrying, removed any significant archaeology from the area of the proposed restaurant extension.
The ground to the north, the location of extra carpark space, appeared to be devoid of any archaeological remains, although the presence of mature trees and dense undergrowth precluded an extensive examination of this area. Its location, close to the course of the River Ward, may be significant.
It was not possible on this occasion, owing to difficulty of access, to test the area to the south of the restaurant, where it is proposed to construct an extension to the existing carpark.
Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30–50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ
