2009:252 - DOWNPATRICK: Downpatrick Museum, Down
County: Down
Site name: DOWNPATRICK: Downpatrick Museum
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/09/219
Author: Jonathan Barkley, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 748269m, N 844592m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.328476, -5.720377
Monitoring of the foundation trenches for the extension showed that the area at the rear of the museum had previously been filled using a greyish-brown silty earth and rubble. Numerous artefacts were recovered from the infill, with the pottery ranging in date from the medieval to modern period. A small piece of millefiori was also recovered from this infill.