County: Antrim Site name: DEMESNE QUARRY, DEMESNE UPPER/PARISHAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/11/13
Author: Ciara MacManus
Site type: Prehistoric features
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 730300m, N 915180m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.967214, -5.965026
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was carried out in advance of a proposed quarry extension at Demesne Quarry, Glenarm, in response to conditions imposed upon the site by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency: Historic Monuments. An area approximately 150m x 90m in extent was stripped of topsoil, with the resulting identification of a subsoil-cut pit in the centre of the stripped area and the terminal end of an enclosure ditch extending beyond the western boundary of the stripped area. Prehistoric pottery of similar fabric and construction were recovered from both of these features, suggesting a contemporaneous date.
FarrimondMacManus, East Belfast Enterprise, 308 Albertbridge Road, Belfast BT5 4G
