2015:169 - TULLYLINKISAY (2), Derry
County: Derry
Site name: TULLYLINKISAY (2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/15/72
Author: Fintan Walsh, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 23-31 Waring Street, Belfast
Site type: Structure
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 691727m, N 890796m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.756785, -6.574934
Tullylinkisay 2 was one of 11 sites excavated as part of the advanced works for the A31 Magherafelt Bypass. The excavation followed on from trial trenching and initial work for strip/map sample excavation undertaken by Fintan Walsh under licence AE/14/232. Archaeological features were recorded in Trenches 198, 200 and 201. These trenches were subsequently extended to establish a buffer zone around the archaeological resource. A circular structure of likely Bronze Age date, defined by a shallow gully, was identified in association with several pits, stake and post-holes. Artefactual material included prehistoric pottery, lithics and a possible saddle quern fragment. Post-excavation analysis had yet to begin at the time of writing.
