2011:038 - CARRICKBRACKEN/DERRYMORE, Armagh

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Armagh Site name: CARRICKBRACKEN/DERRYMORE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/11/38/E

Author: Aidan O’Connell

Site type: Mill-race

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 704889m, N 828046m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.190614, -6.392789

An assessment was undertaken near Bessbrook in advance of a residential development. Thirteen test trenches were excavated across the site, with a combined length of 670m. These were mechanically excavated to subsoil at locations agreed with the NIEA. A mill-race depicted on the 1st-edition OS Map (1835) was located through the centre of the site, extending to a depth of 1.8m and 4–6m in width. No additional archaeological finds or features were identified during this assessment.

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