2008:1209 - LURGANBOY: Cloughfin Road Quarry, Tyrone
County: Tyrone
Site name: LURGANBOY: Cloughfin Road Quarry
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/08/35
Author: Paul McCooey, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: Barrow - ring-barrow
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
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.