County: Derry Site name: Ballynagalliagh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: AE/06/172
Author: Christopher J. Farrimond, FarrimondMacManus Ltd, 150 Elmvale, Culmore, Derry, BT48 8SL.
Site type: Bronze Age pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 665858m, N 710887m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.144429, -7.015567
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was undertaken in advance of the construction of the proposed Skeoge link road, Derry, between 14 August and 29 September 2006.
Two subsoil-cut pits (F102 and F103) were identified. Excavation of the deposits revealed evidence of burning, although no artefactual dating evidence was recovered during excavation. Radiocarbon dating analysis of the charcoal within the basal deposit of F103 has provided a probable date range for this feature of between 2100 and 2040 bc, placing the feature within the Early Bronze Age period.
