County: Derry Site name: COLERAINE: 21 The Loughan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/05/53
Author: Joseph Kovacik, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 687833m, N 928984m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.100489, -6.623749
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was carried out at 21 The Loughan, on the eastern bank of the Bann, on 7 and 8 July 2005 in advance of a new development to replace the existing property with three new dwellings. A fortification (SMR 7:23), described as ‘a small D-shaped platform’, is recorded as being within the grounds of 19 The Loughan, the neighbouring property. However, as the limits of the D-shaped platform are unknown, there was a possibility that the fortification and platform may have extended into the limits of the development.
Whilst four worked flints were recovered from the topsoil—two small blades, a butt-trimmed flake and a combination tool (end scraper/burin)—monitoring did not uncover any archaeological deposits and topsoil was found to immediately overlie undisturbed subsoil.
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