County: Derry Site name: Knockacaregh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO083–049 Licence number: 08E0244
Author: Tony Miller, Tooreen, Dunmanway, Co. Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 537633m, N 565401m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.837356, -8.904997
Pre-development test excavation was carried out on 14 April 2008 in advance of the construction of a dwelling house within the zone of archaeological potential of a fulacht fiadh at Knockacaregh, Kilmurry. Seven test-trenches were excavated. The stratigraphy consisted of between 0.25m and 0.6m of topsoil overlying a grey/orange gravelly boulder clay. No archaeological features or finds were noted.
