2023:642 - DONAGHADEE: High Trees, Ballynoe and Town Parks (Phase 4: G & H), Down
County: Down
Site name: DONAGHADEE: High Trees, Ballynoe and Town Parks (Phase 4: G & H)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/2023/041
Author: Stuart Alexander, NAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Farset Enterprise Park, 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 757941m, N 879860m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.642177, -5.552982
A small archaeological excavation that was carried out at the site known as High Trees, Donaghadee, County Down—Phase 4: G & H of the development.
The archaeology excavated and recorded included a burnt mound spread with an underlying sub-circular trough dated to 2457–2204 BC (UBA-51609) and a nearby sub-rectangular trough dated to 1518–1427 BC (UBA-51610). In addition, two small sub-circular pits of unknown date were also excavated and recorded.