County: Antrim Site name: CARNMONEY RATH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: M. Avery, Queen's University Belfast
Site type: Ringfort- rath
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 733824m, N 864626m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.512367, -5.933258
First season’s excavation of a bivallate Rath. This revealed at least two phases of occupation, one of which would appear to pre-date the construction of the main rampart. These two occupation layers were separated by a very thick layer of sterile Boulder Clay. There may possibly have been a third phase below the main pre-bank occupation. The finds included quantities of Souterrain ware both above and under the sterile Boulder Clay. There were also two glass beads found.
