2006:47 - BUSHMILLS: 156–158 Main Street, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: BUSHMILLS: 156–158 Main Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/05/99
Author: Stuart Reilly, Gahan & Long Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 7–9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast, BT5 4NE
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 694084m, N 940582m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.203511, -6.521979
Monitoring of topsoil removal was conducted in advance of this redevelopment. This work uncovered a circular pit cut directly into the subsoil, with a diameter of 0.9m and a depth of 0.15m. The fill of the pit contained many stones and post-medieval debris such as red brick and various fragmentary types of glass. Otherwise nothing of archaeological note was uncovered.
Editor’s note: Although this licence was issued during 2004, the report on the work was not received in time for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.