The Excavation of Two Late Bronze Age Roundhouses at Ballyprior Beg, Island Magee, County Antrim

Ian Suddaby; Ian Armit; Mike Church; Mike Cressey; Sarah Gormley; Eiméar L. Nelis; Catherine M. Dunne; Eileen M. Murphy

The Excavation of Two Late Bronze Age Roundhouses at Ballyprior Beg, Island Magee, County Antrim

Ian Suddaby, Ian Armit, Mike Church, Mike Cressey, Sarah Gormley, Eiméar L. Nelis, Catherine M. Dunne, Eileen M. Murphy

Archaeology

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Abstract

The rescue excavation of a roundhouse and part of a second was undertaken between July and September 2000 within the wayleave of the Moyle Interconnector electrical cable route on Island Magee, Co Antrim. This previously unknown site is thought to contain several Middle to Late Bronze Age houses, of a type apparently not previously recorded in Ireland. Some structural similarities with Scottish sites are apparent, and artefactual parallels can be seen in both countries. Radiocarbon dates show the roundhouses to be broadly contemporary and their occupation was probably continuous. The site adds to the known diversity of Irish settlement forms around the transition between the Middle and the Late Bronze Age.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	45-91
Number of pages	47
Journal	Ulster Journal of Archaeology
Volume	62
Publication status	Published - 2003

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