2018:507 - Drinan, Swords, Fingal, Dublin

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin Site name: Drinan, Swords, Fingal

Sites and Monuments Record No.: NA Licence number: 18E0556

Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 719667m, N 745693m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.447711, -6.198479

Testing of the site at Drinan took place in dry and bright conditions on 24 and 25 September 2018. The proposed work involved the mechanical excavation of nine trenches running east to west across the site. On excavation it became apparent that under the topsoil the exposed material was a mix of infills containing modern debris. The infilling was evident throughout the site and up to a depth of 4.6m. According to a local commentator the site was infilled using material dug from the nearby M1 motorway in 2003/2004. Given the depth and volume of the modern infill the potential to impact any in situ archaeological material was determined to be negligible. No finds or features archaeological potential were noted throughout the course of the excavations.

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