County: Dublin Site name: Swords, Dublin/Greenhills, Dublin/Bray, Co.Wicklow
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 20E0622
Author: Thaddeus Breen, Marion Sutton & Grace Fegan, Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 709764m, N 729209m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.301787, -6.353216
Archaeological monitoring took place of Stage 1 detailed ground investigations relating to the National Transport Authority’s BusConnects Infrastructure Dublin project.
The works, carried out in September and October 2020, were split over three routes, namely Route 02: Swords to City Centre, Route 09: Greenhills to City Centre and Route 13: Bray to City Centre.
A total of 22 ground investigation locations were subject to monitoring, due to their proximity to either a Recorded Monument and Place, other area of archaeological or cultural heritage potential, or as requested by Causeway Geotech Limited.
The works generally comprised the excavation of trial pits that ranged from 1.6m to 2.4m long x 0.6m wide and 1m to 4.2m deep, and cable percussion cores that ranged from 0.23m to 8m deep.
No archaeological features or deposits were identified during monitoring. An Irish halfpenny of George II, dated 1742, was recovered during monitoring on Route 13: Bray to City Centre, in Bray, Co. Wicklow.
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