County: Down Site name: 52 Quarry Road, Ballydrain, Comber
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/23/010
Author: Naomi Richardson/Farrimond Macmanus ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 749510m, N 866033m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.520618, -5.690508
Archaeological monitoring was carried out in relation to the proposed property extension at 52 Quarry Road, Comber, Co. Down. A previous Programme of Works confirmed that the proposed development was located within an archaeological landscape with specific reference to the siting of recorded monument DOW011:016, an Early Medieval rath located to the southwest of and sharing a boundary with the proposed development area. Therefore, it was determined there remained a potential for sub-surface archaeological remains to survive within the boundaries of the proposed development which may be adversely impacted upon by construction works.
Archaeological monitoring of topsoil removal revealed a pinkish-orange boulder clay subsoil with evidence of modern and tree disturbance. The monitoring of these works failed to identify any previously unidentified archaeological activity.
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