County: Down Site name: High Trees, Ballynoe and Town Parks, Donaghadee (Phase 4: G & H)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/2023/041
Author: Stuart Alexander / NAC Ltd
Site type: Bronze Age burnt mound
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 757941m, N 879860m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.642177, -5.552982
A small archaeological excavation that was carried out at the site known as High Trees, Donaghadee, County Down - Phase 4: G & H of the development.
The archaeology excavated and recorded included a burnt mound spread with an underlying sub-circular trough dated to 2457 – 2204 BC (UBA-51609) and a nearby sub-rectangular trough dated to 1518 – 1427 BC (UBA-51610). In addition, two small sub-circular pits of unknown date were also excavated and recorded.
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