2012:587 - Lisnagardy, Tyrone

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tyrone Site name: Lisnagardy

Sites and Monuments Record No.: TYR051-040 Licence number: AE/12/47E

Author: Naomi Carver

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 645032m, N 860719m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.492920, -7.304918

An archaeological evaluation was carried out at a site adjacent to and to the north-west of 16 Aghafad Road, Lisnagardy, Fintona, Co. Tyrone in response to a planning application for a new dwelling and garage. The site contains the western side of a rath (TYR051-040). The evaluation consisted of four mechanically-excavated test trenches which ranged from 6m to 10.5m in length. No remains of archaeological significance were uncovered during the course of the evaluation.

Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN.