County: Antrim Site name: Middle Division
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ANT052-016 Licence number: AE/12/147E
Author: Naomi Carver
Site type: Possible prehistoric remains
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 603832m, N 909001m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.928708, -7.939456
An archaeological evaluation was carried out at a site adjacent to 50 Liberty Road, Middle Division, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim in response to a planning application for a new dwelling and garage. The site is approximately 100m north-east of Killyann Church and graveyard (ANT052-016) and there are two further scheduled monuments within 250m. The evaluation consisted of four mechanically-excavated test trenches each 1.6m wide and 35-36m long. Several features of archaeological interest were uncovered during the evaluation. The most significant was a cut feature in Trench 1 containing struck flint. There was another feature of a similar nature in Trench 2. The presence of prehistoric struck flint suggests that these features may date to this period. It is recommended that further archaeological mitigation is carried out at the site prior to development.
Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN
