County: Derry Site name: Duncrun
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LDY005–016 Licence number: AE/06/088
Author: Cormac McSparron, Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University, Belfast.
Site type: No archaeological significance.
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 644242m, N 916776m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.996612, -7.308575
An evaluation was carried out at the site of a proposed housing development located at Duncrun, Co. Derry, close to the recorded site of an O’Cahan tower-house (LDY005–016). Four trenches were excavated using a mechanical digger equipped with a toothless ‘sheugh’ bucket. Trench 1 measured 3m by 28m, Trench 2 measured 5m by 28m, Trench 3 measured 5m by 28m and Trench 4 measured 2.5m by 28m. An area in the centre of the site was left unexcavated because of the presence of a modern drain. No archaeological features or artefacts were uncovered.
