26/10/2023
Archaeological monitoring of topsoil removal at a large-scale residential development at Enlerbank, Comber, led to the discovery of a Bronze Age settlement, with evidence of occupation and use of the site into the Early Medieval period. A number of Bronze Age structures were identified, mainly of posthole and stakehole construction. The excavation of these features uncovered flint artefacts dating to this period, and also a fragment of Beaker pottery. Beaker artefacts are associated with the very earliest evidence of metallurgy in Ireland. A large enclosure, which is likely to be prehistoric in date, was also excavated, with some structural evidence in its interior. Finally, a dumbbell shaped kiln was discovered. These kilns would have been used for the drying of cereals grown in the area, and date to the Early Medieval period.
Geophysical surveys revealed buried remains of part of a large enclosure type settlement. The principal feature took the form of an arc of a substantial curvilinear ditch suggesting that these were the remains of a...
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Read MoreArchaeological monitoring of topsoil removal at a large-scale residential development at Enlerbank, Comber, led to the discovery of a Bronze Age settlement, with evidence of occupation and use of the site into the Early Medieval...
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