County: Tyrone Site name: Sullenboy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TYR029–005 Licence number: AE/06/214
Author: Brooke Jamieson, Archaeological Development Services Ltd, 30–50 Distillery Street, Belfast, BT12 5BJ.
Site type: Possible Early Christian
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 680384m, N 877695m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.641049, -6.754713
An oval pit was uncovered c. 20m south-east of the rath at Sullenboy, Westland Road, Cookstown. The pit was oriented north-east/south-west and measured 1.45m by 1.2m by 0.65m deep. It was filled with a grey silty sand with occasional charcoal flecking below a brown sandy clay which in turn was overlain by another charcoal-flecked grey silty sand. The pit had steep, almost vertical, sides with a shallow ledge on the southern end and a round base. No datable finds were recovered.
