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Antrim<br />

Ballyvollen, Co. Antrim<br />

Early Medieval Unenclosed House.<br />

Grid Ref: J13267281 (31326/37281)<br />

SMR No. ANT 058:040<br />

Excavation Licence: N/A<br />

Excavation Duration/Year: June – July 1984.<br />

Site Director: B. B. Williams (Historic Monuments Branch, Department of the<br />

Environment).<br />

A series of rescue excavations were undertaken to facilitate the development of an open-cast<br />

lignite mine. One excavation, in an area of level pasture which appears to coincide with a<br />

circular cropmark, uncovered evidence for occupation and industry.<br />

A few sherds of souterrain ware, a quantity of iron slag (170 kg), and three tuyères were<br />

recovered. Although the artefactual remains suggested that the site had an industrial history,<br />

there was no structural evidence for burning or furnaces. A possible irregular-shaped<br />

structure was identified in the south of the excavation (Fig. 14). It is suggested that this site<br />

may have been a specialist iron-working area, rather than a domestic site.<br />

Further investigation of the local area did not uncover any evidence for an enclosure bank or<br />

ditch.<br />

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