2009:021 - BONAMARGY, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: BONAMARGY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/09/198
Author: Robert O'Hara, Archer Heritage Planning
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 8, BEAT Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 712546m, N 940989m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.203300, -6.231943
An assessment was carried out at the site of a proposed retirement home at Bonamargy townland, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. The site is adjacent to Bonamargy Friary (ANT009–003), a scheduled 16thcentury monastery in state care. The site is positioned on flat pastureland with clear views of Bonamargy Friary c. 200m to the west.
Three test-trenches were excavated across the site with a combined length of 200m. These were mechanically excavated to subsoil at locations agreed with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. No archaeological finds or features were identified during this assessment.