County: Down Site name: Springhill Shopping Centre, 1 Kileen Avenue, Carnlea, Bangor
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DOW002–001 Licence number: AE/06/285
Author: Lynsey Hume and Deirdre Malone, Archaeological Development Services Ltd, 30–50 Distillery Street, Belfast, BT12 5BJ.
Site type: Early Christian rath
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 748549m, N 880914m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.654495, -5.697814
Initial archaeological evaluation of the central area of this site has revealed a curvilinear ditch, 1.5m wide, 0.7m deep. Initial thoughts are that this ditch is associated with a known rath, DOW002–001, of which there had been no visible remains. Only the southern area of the rath is thought to survive, the remainder continuing under a modern shopping centre. Further archaeological excavation will confirm this.
