2021:397 - NENDRUM, Mahee Island, Down
County: Down
Site name: NENDRUM, Mahee Island
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DOW017:005
Licence number: AE/21/092
Author: Stuart Alexander, NAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: Ecclesiastical site
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 752385m, N 863594m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.497857, -5.647409
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on 26 July 2021 at Nendrum monastic site on Mahee Island, Co Down.
A replacement telegraph pole had to be erected within the Scheduled Area of the early medieval monastic site. Scheduled Monument Consent was acquired by KN Circet/Openreach, and detailed that all invasive works be monitored.
The removal of the old pole, re-excavation of the hole left by the old pole, and erection of the new pole were all monitored under archaeological supervision. Nothing of an archaeological nature was uncovered.