2006:47 - 156–158 Main Street, Bushmills, Antrim

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Antrim Site name: 156–158 Main Street, Bushmills

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: AE/05/99

Author: Stuart Reilly, Gahan & Long Ltd, 7–9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast, BT5 4NE.

Site type: Post-medieval pit

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 694084m, N 940582m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.203511, -6.521979

Monitoring of topsoil removal was conducted in advance of this redevelopment. This work uncovered a circular pit cut directly into the subsoil, with a diameter of 0.9m and a depth of 0.15m. The fill of the pit contained many stones and post-medieval debris such as red brick and various fragmentary types of glass. Otherwise nothing of archaeological note was uncovered.

Editor’s note: Although this licence was issued during 2004, the report on the work was not received in time for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.