County: Down Site name: KILLINAKIN, Whiterocks
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/01/20
Author: Stephen Gilmore, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 750762m, N 862709m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.490401, -5.672892
This site lay on the eastern shore of Strangford Lough. It contained a mound, visible on an aerial photograph (SMR 17:24). Two trenches were opened and a concentric ditch was uncovered, along with coarse pottery, metal slag and a great deal of ash and charcoal. A full excavation is still to be carried out. Radiocarbon dates are awaited.
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