2014:587 - ANTRIM: (Phase 2) lands to south of Birchhill Road and to east and north of Ballygore Road, Irishtown, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: ANTRIM: (Phase 2) lands to south of Birchhill Road and to east and north of Ballygore Road, Irishtown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ANT050:156
Licence number: AE/14/13
Author: Chris Long, Gahan & Long Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: 7-9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 4NE
Site type: Pit and Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Undetermined
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, identified as a circular cropmark.
A series of 41 test trenches were excavated by a machine fitted with a toothless bucket.
This phase 2 of the archaeological evaluation identified a number of archaeological features towards the eastern end of field 2. These features consist of a series of pits and a possible burnt mound and were contained within an area of approximately 450 sq. m (see plate).
See report on Phase 3, AE/17/47, for the excavation of these features.
