County: Antrim Site name: STEEPLE HOUSE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/08/222
Author: Christina O Regan, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY.
Site type: Ditch
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 715246m, N 887883m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.725785, -6.210862
Test-trenching revealed a large curving ditch, over 50m in length and c. 10m wide. At this time it is impossible to propose a definite age and function for this feature, although there is a strong possibility that it represents a portion of the enclosing valla (ditch) of the adjacent Early Christian monastery.
