1996:001 - BALLYCASTLE, Antrim

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Antrim Site name: BALLYCASTLE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number:

Author: Paul McCooey, MAU-ArchCor

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.

31 Madison Ave., Cavehill Rd., Belfast