1996:001 - BALLYCASTLE, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: BALLYCASTLE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: —
Author: Paul McCooey, MAU-ArchCor
Author/Organisation Address: 31 Madison Ave., Cavehill Rd., Belfast
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 712027m, N 941281m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.206046, -6.239962
This investigation took place ahead of dredging operations in an area where a large wooden beam, possibly a ship’s timber, had been reported resting on the seabed.
Two circular searches were carried out but failed to detect any sign of the timber. A grid was laid out over the probable site area, and two trenches, 1m wide and deep, were excavated, using a diver-operated airlift. No archaeological remains were uncovered, and it was concluded that it had been a solitary timber which subsequently had been washed away.