2013:602 - ANTRIM: (Phase 1) lands to south of Birchhill Road and to east and north of Ballygore Road, Irishtown, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: ANTRIM: (Phase 1) lands to south of Birchhill Road and to east and north of Ballygore Road, Irishtown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ANT 050:156
Licence number: AE/13/163E
Author: Chris Long, Gahan & Long Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: 7-9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 4NE
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 716803m, N 887735m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.724098, -6.186766
An archaeological evaluation was carried out prior to the proposed construction of a residential development on lands to south of Birchhill Road and to east and north of Ballygore Road, Antrim. The proposed development site contains one recorded aerial photography site, ANT 050:156, a circular cropmark.
A series of 7 test trenches were excavated by a machine fitted with a toothless bucket.
No archaeological deposits were uncovered during this phase of the evaluation.