County: Antrim Site name: 28–32 Mark Street, Portrush
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: AE/05/86
Author: Audrey Gahan, Gahan & Long Ltd, 7–9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast, BT5 4NE.
Site type: Post-medieval, urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 685660m, N 940683m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.205950, -6.654245
It was proposed to redevelop the area at 28–32 Mark Street, Portrush, Co. Antrim. This redevelopment will consist of the demolition of three buildings, followed by the construction fourteen apartments and associated boiler house and carpark. Monitoring of overburden removal was conducted between 19 and 21 July 2005. A brick well was uncovered located c. 12m from the south-east edge of the site. It measured 0.55m in diameter and was c. 7m deep. The walls of the well consisted of 19th-century red brick and were of mortar topped with three courses of stone. No further evidence of archaeological features was identified during the course of the monitoring.
Editor’s note: Although this licence was issued during 2005, the report on the work was not received in time for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
