Antrim Castle Gardens

Gahan and Long carried out numerous excavations as part of the restoration of Antrim Castle Gardens.  These included the identification of structural elements within the Kitchen Gardens, the discovery of a former underground pump house and the excavation of the Barbican Gate wall.

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