2013:350 - DRUMFANE, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: DRUMFANE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/13/34
Author: Naomi Carver, Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork
Author/Organisation Address: School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 711688m, N 904257m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.873634, -6.259775
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.