County: Antrim Site name: SHEEPWALK ROAD, BALLYNADOLLY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ANT063-092 Licence number: AE/10/203E
Author: Ruairí Ó Baoill
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 606619m, N 866674m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.548380, -6.113596
Test trenching took place at a proposed development site between Nos 33 and 37 Sheepwalk Road, Ballynadolly, Lisburn, on 13 January 2011. The area of the proposed development, which involved the construction of a two-storey dwelling with an attached garage to the rear along with a septic tank and run-off, contains part of an archaeological site, a circular cropmark (ANT063-092) that has been identified by aerial photographs. Above-ground traces of this site have been removed by modern development and agricultural practices. The archaeological evaluation of the proposed development was required to assist the NIEA to make an informed response to the Planning Service.
No archaeological strata, features or artefacts were observed in the two machine-excavated trenches. The evaluation at the proposed development site revealed nothing of archaeological significance.
Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University, Belfast BT7 1NN
