County: Derry Site name: Croaghonagh/Meencargagh/Goland/Dooish
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 12E008
Author: Dave Bayley
Site type: Post-medieval house
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 609275m, N 891674m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.772959, -7.855855
A programme of testing was carried out in April 2012 as part of the proposed N15 Blackburn Bridge Road Realignment Scheme. Testing was carried out in five greenfield areas (Area 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/6, 2/7) and two wetland areas (Area 2/1, 2/5) in the townlands of Goland, Croaghonagh, Meencargagh and Dooish. This phase of testing follows on from an Environmental Impact Report carried out by Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers in August 2011. A total of 1,149 linear metres of trenches in Areas 2/1, 2/4–2/7 were excavated. Testing was not possible in Area 2/2 as it was former forestry land and was covered in tree stumps that made machine access extremely difficult. It was not possible to test in Area 2/3 due to lack of access.
One area of historic interest was identified during testing, namely the foundations and floor level of a post-medieval house. This was identified in Area 2/5 at the location of a building depicted on the 1st edition map. The record of this building undertaken during Stage (i) was deemed sufficient and no further archaeological mitigation was proposed for this site.
No other features of archaeological significance were identified during the course of the works.
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