County: Tyrone Site name: SHANNARAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/11/81
Author: Vincent McClorey and David Kilner
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 637202m, N 865115m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.532968, -7.424397
The proposed A32 Shannaragh Realignment project is located within the townlands of Shannaragh and Mullaghbane, approximately 11km to the south of Omagh. The A32 route lies within an archaeologically sensitive area with one recorded site, a rath (TYR042-002), in close proximity. A desktop assessment of the project area highlighted three areas of archaeological potential that warranted further investigation.
These three areas were tested in September 2011 via an agreed series of test trenches, one of which revealed two deposits of archaeological potential: a linear feature and the remains of a small shallow pit. These deposits were investigated, but nothing was recovered that could have suggested a possible function or date for these features.
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