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Deposited Paper From the office of the Minister for Infrastructure Nichola Mallon MLA Room 708 Clarence Court 10-18 Adelaide Street Jim Allister MLA BELFAST BT2 8GB Northern Ireland Assembly Telephone: (028) 9054 0540 Parliament Buildings Email: [email protected] Ballymiscaw Stormont Your reference: Our reference: AQW10021 17-22 Date: Tuesday 24 September 2020 AQW 10021/17-22 – INFORMATION TO BE PLACED IN THE ASSEMBLY LIBRARY In answer to AQW 10021/17-22, the information attached at Annex A has been placed in the Assembly Library. NICHOLA MALLON MLA Minister for Infrastructure AQW 10021/17-22 DATE FOR ANSWER: WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2020 Jim Allister MLA (North Antrim) To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether her Department holds a copy of an archaeological evaluation of the Boyne Bridge, South Belfast; and (ii) if so, whether she would lay a copy of the same in the Assembly Library. ANSWER I can confirm that my Department holds a copy of an Archaeological Evaluation and Bridge Coring preliminary Report, which discusses the coring of the south end of the Boyne Bridge in Sandy Row, Belfast in order to establish whether or not the 17th century Saltwater Bridge over the Blackstaff River still exists in a buried state at its south end. A copy of this report will be provided to the Assembly Library. This report is also available to view on the planning portal using the reference number LA04/2020/0223/DC. Signed: ___________________________________________________________ NICHOLA MALLON MLA Minister for Infrastructure Date: _________________20/11/2020__________________________________________ ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION & BRIDGE CORING AT BELFAST TRANSPORT HUB LICENCE NUMBER: AE/19/86 ON BEHALF OF: TRANSLINK PLANNING REFERENCE: LA04/2017/1388/F I.N.G. 333198, 373834 LICENCEE: CHRISTINA O’REGAN AUTHOR(S): CHRISTINA O’REGAN, FRED HAMOND & TOM MEHARG REPORT STATUS: PRELIMINARY REPORT DATE: 14/01/2020 IAC PROJECT REF.: NJ0051 Belfast Transport Hub Archaeological Evaluation Co. Antrim Licence Number: AE/19/86 ABSTRACT Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd has prepared this report on behalf of Translink, to study the impact, if any, on the archaeological and historical resource of the Belfast Transport Hub, which is located on the western side of Belfast City Centre on the site of the existing Europa Bus Centre and Great Victoria Street Railway Station. The report was undertaken by Christina O’Regan and Tom Meharg of IAC Ltd under licence AE/19/86 and in response to planning conditions attached to the development (LA04/2017/1388/F). It follows a previous archaeological desk top assessment carried out by Northern Archaeological Consultancy LTD on the 24th June 2015. Archaeological testing was carried out over the course of five days from 2nd September 2019 using a mechanical excavator fitted with a flat grading bucket. Seven trenches were opened throughout the northern portion of the development area targeting an area known as Brick Hall on Williamson’s map of 1791, to fully investigate the archaeological potential of the site. A possible robbed-out foundation trench was uncovered in Trench 1. Brick and pottery recovered from the material within the trench dates to the late 18th century. Two deposits of brick were noted within the northwestern section of Trench 2. The brick was the same type as that found in Trench 1. A possible sandstone wall was noted at the southeastern end of Trench 3. The remains of late 19th/early 20th century brick buildings were recorded in Trench 7. The material uncovered in Trenches 1, 2 and 3 may pertain to the building Rose Lodge, recorded on the 2nd Edition OS map. This building is likely a replacement of the Brick Hall noted on the Williamson map of 1791. Further displaced and possible in situ archaeological remains may exist within the development area which may relate to these buildings. It is therefore recommended that any invasive groundworks within the northern part of the development area are subject to archaeological monitoring. The 17th-century Saltwater Bridge is encapsulated within the Boyne Bridge. The proposed development will involve the re-profiling of the Boyne Bridge. In order to ascertain the potential impact upon the Saltwater Bridge a programme of coring was devised. A total of five cores were drilled through the modern road deck to a depth of c. 4.5m. The results indicate that there will be no negative impact from the proposed development to the Saltwater Bridge. IRISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANCY LTD i Belfast Transport Hub Archaeological Evaluation Co. Antrim Licence Number: AE/19/86 CONTENTS ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... I CONTENTS ................................................................................................................. II List of Figures............................................................................................................. iii List of Plates .............................................................................................................. iii 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 General ............................................................................................................ 1 1.2 The Development ............................................................................................ 1 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ........................................... 2 2.1 Summary of Desktop Assessment (NAC 2015) ................................................ 2 2.2 Summary of Previous Archaeological Fieldwork .............................................. 5 2.3 Cartographic Analysis ...................................................................................... 5 3 ARCHAEOLOGICAL TESTING ............................................................................... 8 3.1 General ............................................................................................................ 8 3.2 Testing Results ................................................................................................. 8 3.3 Modern Constraints ......................................................................................... 8 4 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................. 13 5 CORING OF SALTWATER BRIDGE, SANDY ROW BELFAST ................................... 14 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 16 5.2 Bridge history ................................................................................................ 16 5.3 Coring strategy .............................................................................................. 22 5.4 Coring methodology ...................................................................................... 22 5.5 Results ........................................................................................................... 25 5.6 Saltwater Bridge survival .............................................................................. 28 5.7 Saltwater Bridge in relation to the proposed new road ............................... 29 5.8 Conclusions .................................................................................................... 34 Appendix 1: Photographs ......................................................................................... 34 6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGY .......................................... 49 6.1 Impact Assessment ........................................................................................ 49 6.2 Mitigation ...................................................................................................... 49 7 REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 51 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ LIII Appendix 1 Contexts .......................................................................................... liii Appendix 2 SMR Sites within the Surrounding Area .......................................... liv Appendix 3 Legislation Protecting the archaeological Resource ........................ lv Appendix 4 Impact Assessment & the Cultural Heritage Resource .................. lviii Appendix 5 Mitigation Measures & the Cultural Heritage Resource .................. lx Appendix 6 Causeway Geotech Report .............................................................. lxi FIGURES PLATES ii IRISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANCY LTD Belfast Transport Hub Archaeological Evaluation Co. Antrim Licence Number: AE/19/86 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Site location Figure 2 Outline of new development Figure 3 Location of archaeological test trenches LIST OF PLATES Plate 1 Trench 1, facing northeast. Plate 2 Trench 1, C6, facing southwest. Plate 3 Trench 2, brick deposit, facing northwest. Plate 4 Trench 2, facing southwest. Plate 5 Trench 3, brick drain C14, facing southwest. Plate 6 Trench 3, Possible sandstone wall C7, facing southeast. Plate 7 Trench 4, facing northwest. Plate 8 Trench 5, plastic ducting visible, facing northeast. Plate 9 Trench 6, facing southeast. Plate 1 Trench 7, facing northeast. Plate 11 Trench 7, brick wall C8, facing west. Plate 12 Trench 7, brick wall C10 (foreground), facing northeast. Plate 13 Trench 7, brick
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