County: Down Site name: DRUMARDEN ROAD, CASTLEBOY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/05/20
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 762616m, N 855749m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.424268, -5.493921
Supervision of the removal of topsoil at the location of a proposed new dwelling was undertaken in April 2005. The site consisted of a plot of land, 40m north-east/south-west by 30m, with a new access road, 55m in length, running off the existing Drumarden Road. The topsoil was removed across the entire development, including the new access road, using a mechanical digger fitted with a flat toothless bucket. On average, the topsoil measured 0.3m in depth and its removal revealed the undisturbed natural subsoil, a light blue/grey clayey sand. There were no archaeological features or deposits uncovered with the limits of the site.
