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Antiville, County Antrim

Coordinates: 54°51′19″N 5°50′17″W / 54.855255°N 5.838121°W / 54.855255; -5.838121
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Antiville
Antiville is located in Northern Ireland
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54°51′19″N 5°50′17″W / 54.855255°N 5.838121°W / 54.855255; -5.838121

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Antiville". Place Names NI. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Antiville". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ Edwards, N (1990). The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. London: BT Batsford. p. 46.
  4. ^ Stout, Matthew (1997). The Irish Ringfort. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 26.