County: Antrim Site name: CARRICKFERGUS: Cheston Street/Governer's Place
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/05/172
Author: Emma Donnelly, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 741223m, N 887277m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.713730, -5.808180
Five trenches were opened up across the site, which is within the limits of the town walls, SMR 52:61. A number of medieval features, including gullies (ranging in size from 0.3 to 0.6m in width), subcircular pits (ranging in size from 0.4 to 1.8m in diameter) and large linear features (up to 3m in width), were uncovered. No formal structures were detected. Work is currently ongoing.
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