County: Dublin Site name: Barrysparks, Crowscastle, Commons East, Swords
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 21E0510
Author: Liam Coen c/o Archer Heritage
Site type: Testing, no archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 718720m, N 745970m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.450413, -6.212624
Test excavations were undertaken in the footprint of a proposed access road and services infrastructure through Barrysparks, Swords. Eight trenches totalling 617 linear metres were excavated in dry and intermittently overcast conditions. A number of amendments were made on-site to the Method Statement trench layout. A proposed trench near the local watercourse in the southern area was cancelled due to the presence of an ecologically sensitive zone at this point. Topsoil, a loose brown sandy clay, varied in depth from 0.3-0.8m. Subsoil consisted of a brown and orange stoney clay. No features or deposits of archaeological significance were identified during the course of test excavations.
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