2018:114 - PORTGLENONE: Gortgole Road, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: PORTGLENONE: Gortgole Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/18/62
Author: Chris Long, Gahan & Long Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 7-9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 54NE
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 697722m, N 904184m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.875907, -6.477300
The archaeological evaluation was undertaken ahead of the construction of 42 residential units, 2 detached and 40 semi-detached, with associated roads and parking on lands east of 19 Gortgole Road, Portglenone. The evaluation commenced on 30 April 2018 and finished on 3 May 2018 and consisted of the excavation of a series of 15 test trenches across the site using a back-acting machine fitted with a toothless bucket to the levels of naturally occurring subsoil or archaeological strata, whichever was highest.
No archaeological deposits were identified during monitoring of the test trenches.