County: Down Site name: Ballyhanwood
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: AE/06/304
Author: Ciara MacManus, FarrimondMacManus Ltd (Belfast), East Belfast Enterprise, 308 Albertbridge Road, BT5 4GX.
Site type: Prehistoric?
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 740544m, N 873390m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.589231, -5.825384
Test-trenching was carried out at the site of Hanwood Phase 2 Development, Old Dundonald Road, Belfast, having been commissioned by Castlereagh Borough Council/Hanwood Trust. Testing was carried out over a period of four days within the development, which spanned the Old Dundonald Road between two greenfield areas (Areas 1 and 2). The results revealed that up to 4m of modern infill material extended across the entirety of Area 1, with no archaeological deposits being identified beneath this infill. Testing within Area 2 revealed this area to be largely undisturbed greenfield, within which the possible remains of a prehistoric house slot was uncovered within the north-east corner of the field.
