County: Antrim Site name: BALLYGORTGARVE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: John O'Neill, Pro-Arch
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 714526m, N 876195m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.620988, -6.226613
An assessment excavation was undertaken ahead of housing development.
Several truncated features were uncovered in different parts of the site. At the north was a circular, concave-sectioned pit approximately 1m in diameter and filled with charcoal, with an adjacent posthole and a curving, clay-filled gully. Further south was a disturbed mound of charcoal and scorched stones several metres long, possibly the remains of a fulacht fiadh. Work was hampered by unsupervised topsoil-stripping prior to the investigation.
Editor's Note: previously labelled as "BALLYGORTGARVE: 2"
34 Chestnut Park, Dunmurry
