County: Armagh Site name: HAUGHEY'S FORT, Tray
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 12:13 Licence number: —
Author: Jim Mallory, Dept. of Archaeology, School of Geosciences, Queen's University Belfast
Site type: Enclosure
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 683433m, N 845302m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.349570, -6.716638
A further season of fieldwork was carried out at this site, as part of an ongoing research project.
A further series of stake-holes and small pits, some discernible as arcs, were revealed, and a stone 'raft' uncovered in last year's excavations continued through the trench. The innermost ditch encountered last year was absent, suggesting a large causeway. Sherds of Late Bronze Age pottery and a few flecks of gold were located.
A section was taken out through the middle ditch; it was 1.6m deep and contained wood, animal bones and another fleck of gold.
