County: Antrim Site name: A6 Randalstown to Castledawson Trenching and GI Pits
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: AE/13/145E
Author: Colin Dunlop
Site type: Mesolithic settlement
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 700337m, N 889928m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.747347, -6.441512
Sixty-five test trenches and eight G.I. pits were excavated in advance of works on the A6 Randalstown to Castledawson road improvement scheme.
Archaeological material was only uncovered in one trench overlooking Toomebridge. Charcoal spreads were present and pieces of Mesolithic flint were recovered from the surface. As the works are at a very preliminary stage the archaeological material was covered and the trench backfilled.
This would appear to be the site of Mesolithic occupation, the extent of which is currently unknown.
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