2008:1198 - Irish Street/Wilson’s Lane, Dungannon, Tyrone

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tyrone Site name: Irish Street/Wilson’s Lane, Dungannon

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/07/249

Author: Brooke Jamieson, FarrimondMacManus Ltd, East Belfast Enterprise, 308 Albertbridge Road, Belfast, BT5 4GX.

Site type: Post-medieval

Period/Dating:

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.