2018:132 - DOWNPATRICK: Downe Hospital, Killough Road, Down
County: Down
Site name: DOWNPATRICK: Downe Hospital, Killough Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/18/93
Author: Francis Woods, Gahan & Long Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 7-9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 54NE
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 748914m, N 844080m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.323694, -5.710721
An archaeological evaluation of the site was conducted ahead of the proposed construction of a residential development on lands at the former Downe Hospital Site, Killough Road, Downpatrick. The evaluation consisted of the excavation of 20 test trenches across the area of the development using a back-acting machine fitted with a toothless bucket. The trenches were excavated through a mixture of hard surfaces and grass-covered topsoil. No archaeological features were identified within any of the trenches.