County: Antrim Site name: NIBLOCK
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/04/170
Author: Peter Bowen, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 714796m, N 889172m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.737470, -6.217334
Monitoring of topsoil removal at the site of a new housing development on the northern edge of Antrim town was undertaken in advance of construction. The greenfield site measured 220m east-west by 210m. There were no aboveground archaeological features noted within the confines of the development. The topsoil was removed using a mechanical digger fitted with a flat toothless bucket revealing the natural subsoil, an orange boulder clay. During the topsoil removal there were no archaeological deposits uncovered within the development site.
Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast, BT12 5BJ
