Antiville, County Antrim Explained

Official Name:Antiville
Irish Name:An Tigh Bhile
Map Type:Northern Ireland County Antrim
Country:Northern Ireland

Antiville [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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antiville. Place Names NI. 20 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Antiville. IreAtlas Townlands Database. 20 April 2015.
  3. Book: Edwards. N. The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. 1990. BT Batsford. London. 46.
  4. Book: Stout. Matthew. The Irish Ringfort. 1997. Four Courts Press. Dublin. 26.