2021:378 - BALLYCASTLE: Rathmoyle House, Mary Street, Antrim
County: Antrim
Site name: BALLYCASTLE: Rathmoyle House, Mary Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/21/028
Author: Gavin Donaghy, NAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 712050m, N 941074m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.204176, -6.239697
Test trenching was carried out on 9 & 10 March 2021. No archaeological remains were recovered in Test Trenches 1–3. Trenches 4–6 contained the remains of a cobbled stone surface relating to an earlier building recorded on early OS mapping. No artefacts were recovered to give a date to the surface however the area where the cobbles stopped approximately respects the boundary of the building as shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map of the area.