County: Down Site name: ROUGH ISLAND, Ringcreevy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Tom McErlean, Coastal Research Unit, EHS, DoE(NI)
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 749419m, N 868897m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.546350, -5.690464
During the intertidal survey in the north of Strangford Lough, a dark layer containing medieval pottery was observed eroding out of a sea cliff on Rough Island, just above the high-water mark.
A small trench, 4m x 1m, was excavated to ascertain the nature and extent of the layer. Whilst rich in glazed 13th-century pottery, no structures or obvious deposits of midden material, such as shells, were found.
5–33 Hill Street, Belfast
