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2013:602 - ANTRIM: (Phase 1) lands to south of Birchhill Road and to east and north of Ballygore Road, Irishtown, Antrim

NMI Burial Excavation Records

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.


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