2004:0652 - SWORDS SHOPPING CENTRE, SWORDS GLEBE, Dublin

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin Site name: SWORDS SHOPPING CENTRE, SWORDS GLEBE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1620

Author: Tara O'Neill

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 717579m, N 747266m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.462317, -6.229294

An assessment was carried out at Swords Shopping Centre, in the townland of Swords Glebe at the site of a proposed commercial development. The site was located within the zone of archaeological potential for Swords, SMR 11:34. The site had been extensively disturbed during the construction of the shopping centre in the 1970s. Test-trenching was conducted on the site on 29 November 2004. Three trenches were excavated. No features of archaeological significance were encountered.

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