2010:045 - STRANOCUM: Gracehill Dog Track, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: STRANOCUM: Gracehill Dog Track
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/10/151
Author: Colin Dunlop, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Souterrain, Enclosure and Habitation site
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 703019m, N 933613m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.139140, -6.384208
Monitoring of the topsoil-strip revealed a large curvilinear ditch, a souterrain and a series of pits and miscellaneous linear and curvilinear features, as well as several sherds of souterrain ware. The decision was taken to preserve the material in situ; the souterrain was filled with fine gravel to prevent its collapse and the site was covered in a geotextile and then recovered.