County: Armagh Site name: Derrycoose
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/13/41
Author: Ciara MacManus
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 0m, N 0m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.462140, -6.589335
Pre-development test trenching was carried out at the site of proposed extension to a meat processing facility at No. 17a Derrycoose Road, Portadown, Co. Armagh in response to a request for more information from NIEA Historic Monuments. Historic maps indicate that the proposed development may lie within an enclosure of potential Early Christian origin, therefore a series of machine-cut trenches were excavated and removed of topsoil within the footprint of the proposed building extension in order to establish whether any archaeological remains survive. A total of 4 test trenches were placed 5m apart within the footprint of the building proving the site to be sterile of archaeological remains.
FarrimondMacManus Ltd, 150 Elmvale, Culmore, Derry BT48 8SL.
