County: Antrim Site name: Drumfane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/13/34
Author: Naomi Carver
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 0m, N 0m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.873635, -6.259764
An archaeological evaluation was carried out at a site at 24, 26 and 28 Ballygarvey Road in Drumfane townland on the outskirts of Ballymena, Co. Antrim. The work was requested in response to a planning application for two detached dwellings with garages. The proposed development site is approximately 50m to the south-east of Drumfane motte and bailey (ANT032-022) of which there are substantial remains. Seven trenches were mechanically excavated during the course of the evaluation, each 1.6m wide and ranging in length from 8–30m. No remains of archaeological significance were uncovered during the course of the evaluation.
Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN.
