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2013:592 - GREYABBEY: Lands 220m north-west of 93 Newtownards Road, Down

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Down

Site name: GREYABBEY: Lands 220m north-west of 93 Newtownards Road

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: AE/13/158

Author: Martin Keery, Gahan & Long Ltd

Author/Organisation Address: 7-9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 4NE

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 756974m, N 868838m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.543538, -5.573840

An archaeological evaluation was carried out prior to the proposed construction of a single wind turbine at lands 220m north-west of 93 Newtownards Road, Greyabbey. Five test trenches were excavated across the proposed development area. Trenches 1-3 were designed to test the proposed access road and Trenches 4 and 5 were arranged in an “X” formation to test the proposed turbine location (see plate).

No archaeological deposits were identified during the evaluation of the development area.


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