Antiville, County Antrim
This article is about the townland in County Antrim. For other uses, see Antiville.
| Antiville | |
| Irish: An Tigh Bhile | |
| County | County Antrim |
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
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Antiville (from Irish: An Tigh Bhile, meaning "The House of the Old Tree")[1] is a townland of 165 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Larne and the historic barony of Glenarm Upper.[2]
Archaeology
At Antiville, in a marshy area beside a tributary of the River Larne, a rectangular house and souterrain were discovered enclosed by a shallow ditch cut through the peat with a slight bank on the inner side. Eventually this was interpreted, not as a ringfort enclosure, but a means of draining excess water from the site.[3] Radiocarbon dates from the supposed ringfort at Antiville were 544-644 AD and 695-936 AD.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Antiville". Place Names NI. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Antiville". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Edwards, N (1990). The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. London: BT Batsford. p. 46.
- ↑ Stout, Matthew (1997). The Irish Ringfort. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 26.
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