County: Antrim Site name: GRANGE OF MALLUSK, Mallusk
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/02/67
Author: Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 729223m, N 882094m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.670410, -5.996581
The area encompassed by the whole of the Mayfield village development lies within an archaeologically sensitive area containing one known monument and the possible remains of at least a further three sites. A stone-and-earthen mound (SMR 56:13), thought to be a Bronze Age barrow, stands on a ridge at Ballywonard. In the field immediately to the north of the mound a series of small plot divisions with cultivation ridges and probable settlement platforms survives. The remains of a medieval chapel with a possible associated well (SMR 56:41) and a ruined castle (SMR 56:42) have not been located but were noted by Reeves (1847). O’Laverty (1876–95, vol. 2) recorded an enclosure or rath c. 300m south-south-east of this. It is presumed to be situated near the Hightown terrace, although there is no local knowledge of it.
Despite the archaeological potential of this area of Mallusk, no archaeological features or deposits were uncovered during topsoil-stripping.
References
O’Laverty, J. 1876–95 History of the diocese of Down and Connor. Belfast.
Reeves, W. 1847 Ecclesiastical antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore. Dublin.
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