New find from early Christian period in County Down
Newly discovered Tide Mill from 787 AD. at Nendrum Monastic Site
Excavations at the Site
The excavations which commenced at the end of April 1999, are funded by the Environment and Heritage Service.
Thomas McErlean, Director of the Centre for Maritime Archaeology has a team led by Norman Crothers. The site, which is on private property, is not open to the public. It is flooded daily by the tides and is potentially dangerous.
It had been intended that archaeological information from the dig would be published officially in the year 2000, but more extensive ongoing investigations have caused a postponement. In the mean time read on at this unofficial web site, maintained by the team’s engineering advisor, (not a professional archaeologist).
