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Antrim<br />

‘Craig Hill’ (Craig td.), Co. Antrim<br />

Early Medieval Unenclosed House and Souterrain.<br />

Grid Ref: C96453907 (29645/43907)<br />

Excavation Licence: N/A<br />

SMR No. ANT 007:023<br />

Excavation Duration/Year: 1954.<br />

Site Director: D. M. Waterman (Historic Monuments Branch, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Finance).<br />

A souterrain was discovered during top-soil stripping for a quarry (Fig. 20). Further<br />

excavation revealed a series <strong>of</strong> postholes which delimited a trapezoidal-shaped structure.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se were identified with a timber-framed wattle-and-daub house. A stone-lined gutter was<br />

located to the south <strong>of</strong> this structure; and an area <strong>of</strong> paving was located to the east. Any<br />

signs <strong>of</strong> occupation had been removed in topsoil stripping prior to excavation.<br />

<strong>The</strong> souterrain was excavated just to the west <strong>of</strong> this structure. An occupation deposit<br />

consisting <strong>of</strong> charcoal and numerous sherds <strong>of</strong> souterrain ware overlay the sloped entrance to<br />

the souterrain. A bronze ring-pin, similar to those recovered from Ballinderry and Lagore<br />

crannogs, was also recovered from the stone and soil covering the souterrain.<br />

Neither house nor souterrain appears to have been associated with an enclosure.<br />

Fig. 20: Plan <strong>of</strong> House and Souterrain at Craig, Co. Antrim (after Waterman 1956, 88).<br />

Reference:<br />

Waterman, D. M. 1956. ‘<strong>The</strong> excavation <strong>of</strong> a house and souterrain at Craig Hill, Co. Antrim’,<br />

Ulster Journal <strong>of</strong> Archaeology (Third Series), 19, 87–91.<br />

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