County: Antrim Site name: BELFAST: Town Parks td, High Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: N.F. Brannon, DoE
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 734022m, N 874395m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.600033, -5.925757
The excavation was intended to recover remains of early Belfast before development of the site took place. It revealed a row of 18th-century foundations fronting on Pottinger’s Entry, a cobbled passageway and much occupation material. A large 17th-century rubbish pit produced pottery, clay pipes, painted window glass and animal bones.
Brannon, N.F. (1988) ‘In search of old Belfast’, Hamlin, A. & Lynn, C.J. (eds) Pieces of the Past, HMSO.
