2014:363 - PORTADOWN: 2 Tarthlogue Road, Eglish, Armagh
County: Armagh
Site name: PORTADOWN: 2 Tarthlogue Road, Eglish
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ARM 5:5
Licence number: AE/14/203E
Author: Sarah Nicol, NAC
Author/Organisation Address: Farset Enterprise Park, 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 693789m, N 856624m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.449467, -6.553832
No archaeological remains were discovered on the site, including relating to the the medieval church of Tartaraghan (ARM 5:5).
Post-medieval pottery recovered within the topsoil across the site included Black Ware, Red Glazed Earthen Ware and modern white ceramics. This is all consistent with a farm having been located on the site since the 1800’s.
It was clear from the test trenching that the site had been levelled, probably when the farm building in the south-east corner was built, possibly to form a garden. This flattened area has had a build-up of topsoil over time, which appears to have slipped downhill as the depth of the topsoil increases from 0.5m to 0.7m in this area.