2012:573 - AUGHLISH AND MULLYGRUEN, Tyrone
County: Tyrone
Site name: AUGHLISH AND MULLYGRUEN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/12/62
Author: Tina Thurston
Author/Organisation Address: Department of Anthropology, State University of New York—Buffalo, 380 MFAC, Ellicott Complex, Buffalo NY 14261-0005.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 676835m, N 865389m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.531052, -6.812900
A soil chemical characterization survey was continued in the area of about 1km2 around the villages of Castlecaulfield and Donaghmore. Soil samples were taken every 50m and geochemical testing in a field laboratory revealed numerous areas of significantly elevated soil phosphate that are likely to represent archaeological sites from various eras. Additionally, 8 1m x 1m and 1m x 3m test trenches were excavated by hand. Several showed evidence of cultural layers from historic and probable prehistoric sites. Charcoal samples were collected for radiocarbon dating.