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Active fieldwork has finished but work continues in trawling through documentary and cartographic sources to inform the findings of the salt project. For our flagship site at Ballycastle the archives […]
For posts relevant to the Ballycastle excavation aspect of the project.
Active fieldwork has finished but work continues in trawling through documentary and cartographic sources to inform the findings of the salt project. For our flagship site at Ballycastle the archives […]
The ‘Devil’s Churn’ is an enigmatic component of the 18-19th century salt works at Ballycastle. This natural sea cave in the sandstone mass of Pans Rock comprises an inner pool […]
Last year we explored the remains of the early 17th century salt works in Ballycastle Bay, on the north coast of Co. Antrim. The site, located by nearby bucket pot, […]
The salt works on the North Antrim coast are first mentioned in the will of Randal McDonnell in 1629. Two sites are marked with remarkable accuracy on Petty’s Down Survey […]
Some examples of the recent work carried out by Colin Williams photography at the Ballyreagh excavation. We also took the opportunity to get some images of the Tornaroan salt works […]
Check out our ‘live’ progress from the Ballycastle Salt works dig at YouTube via 360 Productions! Also in our final week we were visited by Colin Williams photography with their […]
Week four was the last week of excavation on the Ballyreagh site as we removed the last few strata to reveal the natural subsoil. The final clay-like layer was the […]
This week on site began by concentrating on the rubble strewn through the interior of the building. This was removed while paying attention to any potential structures to support the […]
Week 2 of the dig finished with finally defining the limits of our dry-stone building, and it’s fairly modest at c.4x4m internally. The walls are double-boulder with rubble infill and […]
Documentary and cartographic sources led to the discovery of an early ‘bucket pot’ (rock-cut seawater reservoir for salt-making) at Ballyreagh. Equally, the efforts of the late Danny McGill, whose passion […]