2010:164 - Murnees Quarry, Dungiven, Derry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Derry Site name: Murnees Quarry, Dungiven

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/10/055

Author: Gavin Donaghy, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, Belfast, BT12 7DY.

Site type: Organic

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 670606m, N 905569m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.892908, -6.899379

Removal of the peat exposed a layer of wood. Although no definite structure was identifiable, the presence of a worked stake, split birch timber and hulled barley did indicate the presence of archaeology within the vicinity.