County: Antrim Site name: Drummard
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ANT017–005 Licence number: AE/07/170
Author: David McIlreavy, Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University, Belfast, BT7 1NN.
Site type: Possible raised rath site
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 695921m, N 927714m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.087587, -6.497489
An archaeological evaluation was carried out in advance of development of the site. Three test-trenches were mechanically excavated to the surface of the subsoil. A section of vertically truncated drainage ditch (1m in length, 0.2m in width, 0.06m wide and aligned east–west), filled with peat, considered to be earlier or at least contemporary with the construction of the raised rath, was uncovered.
