2008:008 - BALLYCARRY: Main Street/Manse Road, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: BALLYCARRY: Main Street/Manse Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/08/051
Author: Christina O’Regan, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)
ITM: E 744570m, N 893771m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.771083, -5.753051
Test-trenching, in advance of planning permission for a private housing development, revealed the presence of spreads possibly reflective of Early Christian archaeology. Sherds of souterrain ware and green-glazed earthenware were recovered from the surface of a dark-brown spread. The site is located close to the projected location of a medieval church and these spreads are possibly associated. Archaeological investigation has been put on hold at this site.