County: Antrim Site name: LISBURN: Little Thaxton South, Aghnahough
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/06/60
Author: Moira O’Rourke, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 723648m, N 866626m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.532902, -6.089488
Monitoring was required in advance of a new housing development. Initial monitoring of topsoil removal revealed eight areas of potential archaeology. Further clearance of these areas showed four of them to be non-archaeological in nature. Of the other four areas, three were revealed as pits of varying size and the fourth as containing a possible structure, defined by a curvilinear slot with four associated post-holes. Further topsoil monitoring at the eastern end of the site revealed more pits. Finds recovered from the site included two sherds of prehistoric pottery and a number of flint blades. Post-excavation analysis is ongoing.
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