County: Tyrone Site name: Annaghilla, areas 44 and 45
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/08/104
Author: Frank Mallon, for ADS Ltd, Unit 6, 21 Old Channel Road, Belfast, BT3 9DE.
Site type: Pits and deposits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 662528m, N 856706m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.455012, -7.035744
Areas 44 and 45 were investigated as part of the proposed corridor improvements of the line of the A4 between Dungannon and Ballygawley where 15km of new road will be constructed. A total of 43 SMR sites lie within 500m of either side of the new road alignments with five industrial heritage sites in the immediate vicinity. Prior to archaeological investigations on the route, prehistoric activity, both settlement and ritual, was poorly represented in the area.
Area 44 was located on a west-facing slope outside the limits of a trivallate ringfort between Chainages 2300 and 2400 and measuring c. 100m by 40m. Monitoring of topsoil-stripping identified a number of possible archaeological deposits including various linear features and possible pits. The excavation revealed a small number of pits, linear features and a possible post-hole.
Area 45 was located between Chainages 2500 and 2750, measuring c. 50m by 40m. During monitoring of soil-stripping a number of archaeological features were identified. Amongst these were four pits, two troughs and one burnt mound.
