County: Down Site name: Loughadian 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: AE/06/158
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 706178m, N 839423m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.292541, -6.369008
Two test-trenches were excavated to evaluate the potential impact of the proposed development of a domestic garage. The development site was c. 75m east of the site of a 12th-century castle (DOW033–034). The castle was said to be in an advanced ruinous state by the mid-17th century and there are now no visible aboveground remains. Although evidence of modern disturbance was found in the evaluation trenches, there were no finds or features of archaeological significance.
