THE Housing Executive has said it was unaware of building work on its land beside a UDA mural in west Belfast.
Building materials have recently been placed in the lower Shankill area under a mural of notorious loyalist gunman Stephen McKeag.
It's believed a new memorial honouring the UDA man, who died of a drugs overdose in 2000, is being constructed at the site.
The land at Hopewell Crescent is owned by the Housing Executive.
The housing body said it would be "making enquiries" into the works after being contacted by The Irish News.
In a statement a spokesman said: "We have been made aware that building material is located on land belonging to the Housing Executive in Hopewell Crescent.
"This building material does not belong to the Housing Executive and we have no plans for any work at this location.
"We are currently making enquiries."
The building materials have been placed beside the mural where a previous memorial was located behind metal railings.
Ian McLaughlin, project manager of the Lower Shankill Community Association, said he understood the memorial site was being "spruced up" by McKeag's family.
"The McKeag memorial, it's not an 'organisational' memorial if I can term it in that way – it's a family memorial," he said.
"It has been there for quite some years so it's being spruced up by the family. That's what I've heard."
The McKeag mural is close to Hopewell Square where last month embers from an Eleventh Night bonfire were blamed for leading to several terraced homes catching fire.
