Antiville, County Antrim

This article is about the townland in County Antrim. For other uses, see Antiville.

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]

Antiville Irish: An Tigh Bhile
Antiville Location within Northern Ireland
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54.855255°N 5.838121°W / 54.855255; -5.838121

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

• List of townlands in County Antrim

References

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.