County: Derry Site name: A6 Claudy to Dungiven GI pits
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/10/025
Author: Robert M. Chapple, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY.
Site type: Test-pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 660677m, N 904975m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.888877, -7.054250
Seventy-three test-pits were monitored during geotechnical investigation work in preparation for a proposed 30km dual carriageway between Londonderry and Dungiven. Of the 73 test-pits that were monitored, one contained a potential archaeological feature and another artefactual material. Where the potential archaeological feature was uncovered, it was recorded, covered with geotextile, the test-pit backfilled and the pit moved until clear of any archaeological features. The pit that contained potential archaeological remains was TP13570S – a burnt mound. The test-pit that contained artefactual material, TP12340S, produced 19th–20th-century pottery.
