County: Down Site name: CASTLE ESPIE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/07/230
Author: Stephen Gilmore, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd
Site type: Kiln
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 749269m, N 867297m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.532032, -5.693591
Test-trenching revealed the extent and survival levels of two workshops and a building which housed three Newcastle-style kilns. These related to 19th-century industrial activities at Castle Espie. The position of an associated 19th-century pottery dump was also identified. Full excavation of these features was not undertaken at this time, but further work may yet take place under this licence.
638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
