2006:466 - Ardglass, Down

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Down Site name: Ardglass

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: AE/06/149

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 755817m, N 837453m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.262142, -5.608151

Archaeological surveillance of topsoil-stripping was required as a condition of the grant of planning permission for the construction of twelve dwellings. The development site was located just north of the boundary of the historic settlement of Ardglass (DOW045–030). No finds or features of archaeological significance were uncovered during this programme of monitoring.