County: Antrim Site name: Victoria Street, Carrickfergus - Middle Division
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/15/65
Author: Ciara MacManus
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
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.
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