placenamesSaggart
Teach Sagard
Archaeological testing found industrial traces while concrete foundations limited access.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teach Sagard · Irish · main form · validated name
- Saggart · English · main form
Place & story
Testing the former mill ground
Maurice F. Hurley’s report on 2014 testing at the former Swiftbrook paper-mill site in Saggart records ten trenches, alongside three test pits beneath former foundations. Rubble and disturbance dominated much of the area, with mill pipes beneath some infill. A bright blue powder in one trench was interpreted cautiously as possible residue from the mills’ later production of household-paint colour cards. [2]
The bank beside the stream
An earthen bank along the northern side of the mill stream survived at the southern ends of two trenches. Testing stopped short of cutting through it because that would have allowed water into the site. Extensive concrete foundations also prevented testing across much of the centre. The report therefore describes the investigated ground and its limits, rather than proving that the entire site lacked earlier remains. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saggart. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2014:196 Saggart, Dublin, licence 11E0061 extension · Maurice F. Hurley, Excavations.ie
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.