County: Down Site name: GREENCASTLE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 57:1, 57:17 Licence number: AE/05/157
Author: Kara Ward, Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University, Belfast, BT7 1NN.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 724154m, N 811819m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.040587, -6.104408
The site was located 40m south-west of Greencastle motte and 50m north-east of the find spot of a number of medieval burials. Three test-trenches were excavated to assess the potential impact of construction of a dwelling on the site. No finds or features of archaeological significance were uncovered.
