Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 214·10.15
Local significance criteria for archaeological sites and monuments
Archaeological sites and monuments can be assessed for local significance based on distinctive landscape features, quality of remains, historical associations, grouping with other sites, and rarity.
assessing the local significance of archaeological sites and monuments. These factors should be viewed as indicators which contribute to a wider judgement based on the individual circumstances of a case and may include one or more of the following:
• Appearance: distinctive features in the landscape/townscape or local landmarks;
• Quality: well-preserved or extensive buried remains;
• Folklore/historical interest: association with a person or event in local tradition or legend;
• Group value: one of a number of locally important sites; and
• Rarity: a locally rare example.
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