County: Down Site name: Orlock
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DOW002–029 Licence number: AE/06/86
Author: Brian Sloan, 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 755278m, N 883383m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.674638, -5.592325
An archaeological evaluation was carried out at 16 Sandeel Lane, Orlock, Groomsport, Co. Down, in response to the proposed redevelopment of the area and construction of properties. The application site is positioned close to a Mesolithic occupation site.
Four trenches measuring 13m by 2m were mechanically excavated to the surface of the natural subsoil. These trenches proved that a substantial amount of modern disturbance had occurred on site, probably in relation to the recent construction of No. 17 Sandeel Lane. Nothing of archaeological significance was encountered in any of the trenches.
