County: Derry Site name: Slieveboy Road, Park
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/10/112E
Author: Christopher J. Farrimond, FarrimondMacManus Ltd, 150 Elmvale, Culmore, Derry BT48 8SL.
Site type: Vernacular building
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 656594m, N 902216m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.864566, -7.118424
The proposed development at Slieveboy Road, Park (Kilgort townland), will consist of the demolition of outbuildings associated with a vernacular building and construction of a dwelling-house within the western portion of the site. Following consultation with representatives of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency: Built Heritage: Historic Buildings department, the proposed new dwelling will include the refurbishment of the vernacular dwelling and the construction of a new wing at right-angles to the original dwelling, provided an L-shaped dwelling to the immediate west of the existing access laneway at south-east. Additional works will include the provision of hard-standing for car-parking, service provision and the insertion of a drainage system to the south of the new building. Access may be provided either from an existing laneway from Gortscreagan Road at the north-west or from the existing site access leading from the agricultural laneway to south-east.
Testing was undertaken on 22 June 2010. A total of c. 235m of linear trenching was excavated within the area of proposed invasive ground works. No archaeological features were identified during evaluation works at the site. However, a full photographic and descriptive survey of the vernacular building was undertaken.
