County: Antrim Site name: BONAMARGY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/09/198
Author: Robert O'Hara
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715060m, N 886525m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.713634, -6.214283
An assessment was carried out at the site of a proposed retirement home at Bonamargy townland, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. The site is adjacent to Bonamargy Friary (ANT009–003), a scheduled 16thcentury monastery in state care. The site is positioned on flat pastureland with clear views of Bonamargy Friary c. 200m to the west.
Three test-trenches were excavated across the site with a combined length of 200m. These were mechanically excavated to subsoil at locations agreed with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. No archaeological finds or features were identified during this assessment.
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