2014:010 - BALLYLUMFORD (Ferris Point), Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: BALLYLUMFORD (Ferris Point)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/14/110E
Author: Martin McGonigle, John Cronin & Associates
Author/Organisation Address: 28 Upper Main St, Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 741982m, N 902427m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.849529, -5.789009
Testing was undertaken between 30 July – 1 August 2014 at Ferris Point in the townland of Ballylumford, Island Magee, Co. Antrim.
Six 2m-wide test trenches, totalling 500m² were excavated by a 360° track machine to evaluate the site. A small number of linear and sub-circular features of archaeological potential were identified. None of these features proved to be of archaeological significance. A total of 84 flint artefacts (blades, scrapers and flakes) were recovered from the six test trenches, all from the topsoil and some having been recovered during sieving of the topsoil.