County: Antrim Site name: Lands south-west of Troopersland Road, Carrickfergus
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/21/073
Author: Ciara MacManus/ Farrimon Macmanus ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 738537m, N 886335m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.706018, -5.850277
Archaeological monitoring of Geotechnical Investigation trial pit excavation at lands to west of Trooperslane Road, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim was carried out on behalf of Mid and East Antrim Council.
Monitoring of trial pit excavation revealed that topsoil survived to a depth of on average 0.25–0.3m across the site overlying orange boulder clay and grey/brown silt subsoil deposits. Excavation of Test Pits 25 – 30 indicate that the area contains a depth of infill material (c.0.6m–1.18m deep) most notable within the Trial Pits 29 & 30 which contain modern infill material including building rubble. No archaeological features were noted during monitoring of the Trial Pits, however a linear field drain was noted beneath 0.5m-thick re-deposited subsoil within Trial Pit 28 highlighting the potential for unrecorded archaeological material to be sealed beneath both topsoil and the infilled deposits throughout the proposed development site.
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