2008:1198 - DUNGANNON: Irish Street/Wilson’s Lane, Tyrone
County: Tyrone
Site name: DUNGANNON: Irish Street/Wilson’s Lane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/07/249
Author: Brooke Jamieson, FarrimondMacManus Ltd.
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 679644m, N 862441m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.504142, -6.770305
Monitoring of ground-reduction works was carried out over a period of three days during May 2008 and relates to Phase 1 of a proposed rear extension to Toal’s Bookmakers, Irish Street/Wilson’s Lane, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. The proposed development is located within an area of archaeological potential within the historic town of Dungannon. During the course of monitoring works at the site the remains of two post-medieval rubbish were excavated, these being pits uncovered within the southern and central portion of the development area.