County: Down Site name: BRIDGE STREET, DONAGHADEE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/09/154
Author: Ciara MacManus, FarrimondMacManus Ltd (Belfast), East Belfast Enterprise, 308 Albertbridge Road, Belfast, BT5 4GX.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 758974m, N 879963m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.642783, -5.536931
Pre-development test-trenching for Phase 1 was carried out at the site of a proposed residential and commercial development at 11 Bridge Street, Donaghadee, during September 2009. No surviving archaeological or historic remains were identified during the course of testing works.
Monitoring of ground-reduction works for Phase 2 took place during November 2009. Ground-reduction works covered a total area of 32m2 within the footprint of 9 Bridge Street. The existing foundations were uncovered up to a depth of 1m from the existing floor level. No further archaeological or historic remains were identified during the course of the ground-reduction works.
