County: Antrim Site name: Pirrie Road, Pirrie House, Belfast
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DOW 004:014 Licence number: AE/16/208
Author: Stuart Alexander, Gahan & Long Ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 738366m, N 874546m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.600211, -5.858518
An archaeological evaluation was carried out prior to the proposed construction of a residential development at the site of Pirrie House, Pirrie Road, Belfast.
While no archaeological monuments were identified within the red line boundary, a recorded site, DOW 004:014, is located at the edge of the development area. This site is identified as the location of a 17th-century bridge which was noted by Raven in the Belmont Road – Hawthornden Road area. The bridge is now no longer there.
A total of 5 test trenches were excavated by a mechanical digger fitted with a toothless bucket. All trenches were excavated to the level of naturally occurring subsoil, which was a dark grey sleech.
Nothing of archaeological significance was identified within any of the trenches.
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