2014:478 - LISNASOO (Site 1, A26 Road Scheme), Antrim

The site was located to the west of the A26 Frosses Road 60m south of the Lisnasoo Road Junction 70m east of Lisnasoo Site 1 (see separate entry, licence AE/14/023). The features were situated at the top of a gently sloping hill on a flat area of ground, the hill sloped down to boggy ground to the west. The site was located at IGR D 05737 16447, 93m above sea level. The subsoil in the immediate area was glacial till. The site consisted of three shallow oval pits, recovered from the topsoil was a flint core. The largest of the three pits measured 3.5m long, 0.8m wide and 0.25m deep, orientated north-south. Two sherds of course Bronze Age pottery were recovered from the top of the fill along with one piece of flint shatter. The other two pits were smaller and in close proximity to the large pit, it has been assumed that they are associated. Although a radiocarbon date was not obtained for these features the pottery places them within the Bronze Age. These features may be the location for a working area or small temporary camp site. Given the proximity between Lisnasoo Site 1 and Site 2 it is likely that this activity is related to the Bronze Age activity occurring at Lisnasoo Site 1 down the hill.