County: Antrim Site name: BALLYHARRY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Norman Crothers, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: House - Neolithic
Period/Dating: Neolithic (4000BC-2501 BC)
ITM: E 746920m, N 897790m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.806484, -5.714532
The second house found on part of the Belfast Transmission Pipeline (Site 5, Ballyharry 2), some 400m to the south of the first, was also rich in artefactual remains. However, in this case, owing to close liaison between the developer, the Department of the Environment: Environment and Heritage Service, and Archaeological Development Services, the site was largely preserved, with only those areas directly under threat being excavated.
Results suggested that the house was rectangular in plan, with well-preserved foundation gullies indicating post and plank walling. Finds included Neolithic pottery and polished stone axe fragments.
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