County: Antrim Site name: Bushmills – Portballintrae
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/10/27
Author: Laura Boden and David Kilner, Archaeological Development Services Ltd, Unit 6, Channel Wharf, 21 Old Channel Road, Belfast, BT3 9DE.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 716476m, N 916932m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.986373, -6.180068
Located to the south-east of Cargan in County Antrim, the existing waste water treatment works and access lane have been undergoing a programme of upgrading. This site is subtriangular, measuring approximately 55m west to east by approximately 50m north-north-west to south-south-east at its widest point. The works is currently accessed by a laneway, approximately 120m long, which runs west from the Gortnageeragh Road.
There are six recorded archaeological sites within a 1km radius, including an ecclesiastical site and a holy well, with four other sites located just outside the search parameter. None of these sites is located within the boundaries of the proposed development; however, due to the archaeological sensitivity of the area, monitoring of topsoil removal was required. Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered.
