2017:675 - Seatown West, Dublin

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin Site name: Seatown West

Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 16E0298

Author: Tim Coughlan, IAC Ltd

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 719003m, N 747706m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.465942, -6.207708

Monitoring was carried out of groundworks associated with the construction of the Swords Waste Water Treatment Plant Outfall Upgrade at Seatown West, Swords. The scheme is located in a marshy, marginal land to the south of Broadmeadow River estuary and c. 1km north-east of the centre of Swords Town. There are three recorded monuments located within 500m of the scheme. The closest of these is an enclosure (DU012-015), located c. 289m north of the scheme. A tide mill (DU012-047), is recorded c. 374m east-south-east of the scheme. An earthwork (DU011-036) located c. 402m south-west of the scheme.

Monitoring took place in August and October of 2017. Nothing of archaeological significance was identified.

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