2008:1209 - Cloughfin Road Quarry, Lurganboy, Tyrone

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tyrone Site name: Cloughfin Road Quarry, Lurganboy

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/08/35

Author: Paul McCooey, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY.

Site type: Ring-barrow

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 662608m, N 864698m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.526804, -7.032816

Excavation revealed a ring-barrow with associated hearths, post- and stake-holes, a truncated ditch and isolated pits and hearths. The barrow contained a cremation scattered amongst an internal spread of material. A thin fragment of copper/bronze was found associated with the bone.