2015:577 - CARRICKFERGUS: Victoria Street—Middle Division, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: CARRICKFERGUS: Victoria Street—Middle Division
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/15/65
Author: Ciara MacManus, FarrimondMacManus Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Adelaide House, Hawthorn Business Centre, 1 Falcon Road, Belfast
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 741179m, N 887669m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.717259, -5.808676
Pre-development test trenching was carried out at the site of a proposed housing scheme at lands to the east of 13–27 Victoria Street, Carrickfergus, in response to planning conditions imposed upon the development under PPS6 BH4 with specific reference to the development being located within a designated Area of Archaeological Potential.
A series of 3 machine-cut test trenches were excavated across the site at 10–12m intervals. Excavation revealed topsoil to be on average 0.3–0.4m deep overlying a natural orange boulder clay subsoil. No archaeological deposits were uncovered during the course of works.