2005:1475 - CAVANACAW, Tyrone

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tyrone Site name: CAVANACAW

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/05/114

Author: Joseph Kovacik, ADS Ltd, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30–50 Distillery Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT12 5BJ.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 640092m, N 871147m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.587024, -7.379727

Monitoring was undertaken between 5 September and 14 October 2005 in advance of exploratory mining. The area was initially covered with a layer of grass and heather followed by a layer of peat, all of which varied in depth from 0.4 to 1.5m, depending on the topography of the ground. No archaeological features were uncovered.