County: Antrim Site name: BALLYNESS CARAVAN PARK, BALLYNESS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/04/146
Author: Peter Bowen, Archaeological Development Services Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast, BT12 5BJ.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715061m, N 886525m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.713630, -6.214280
Monitoring of the removal of topsoil was undertaken at the site of an extension to the caravan park at Ballyness, Co. Antrim. There are over 50 sites within a 2km radius of the development, with a souterrain (SMR 7:26) c. 80m to the south-east. The nature of the development meant that the topsoil only needed removal to the formation level with no disturbance to the subsoil. This was carried out using a mechanical digger fitted with a flat toothless bucket. There were no archaeological deposits uncovered during the investigation on the site.
