County: Antrim Site name: AGHOHILL: Parkfield Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/06/218
Author: Ciara MacManus, FarrimondMacManus Ltd (Belfast)
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 702817m, N 901975m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.855042, -6.398735
Monitoring was undertaken on 22 September 2006 of ground-reduction works associated with the insertion of foundations for a single house, garage and access driveway at the site of a proposed development at Parkfield Road, Ahoghill (Ballybeg townland), Co. Antrim. All mechanical ground-breaking was conducted by means of a mechanical excavator furnished with a toothless, flat-bottomed trenching bucket. The topsoil varied in depth between 0.3 and 0.6m and its removal revealed a layer of modern infill across the site, c. 0.2–1.5m deep. Removal of the infill layer within the foundation trenches revealed natural subsoil, a mid-orange boulder clay, across the development area. No archaeological deposits were identified during the course of this monitoring exercise.
East Belfast Enterprise, 308 Albertbridge Road, Belfast, BT5 4GX
