County: Down Site name: SCOTCH STREET AND MARKET STREET, DOWNPATRICK
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/10/77
Author: Kara Ward
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 748538m, N 844611m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.328562, -5.716249
The proposed development concerned a Public Realm Scheme in the centre of Downpatrick, Co. Down, which has been classed as an area of archaeological potential by the NIEA:Built Heritage. The scheme involved improvements to Market Street, St Patrick’s Avenue, Irish Street, English Street, Scotch Street and Church Street. The replacement of kerbing and flagging saw existing levels retained as much as possible, but deeper excavations of up to 1.5m were required for the erection of new street-lighting poles and depths of 1–1.25m were reached in relation to tree-planting. Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered during monitoring.
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