2015:528 - CRAIGAVON: Lands approximately 140m north-east of 170 Dromore Road, Down
County: Down
Site name: CRAIGAVON: Lands approximately 140m north-east of 170 Dromore Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DOW 020:011
Licence number: AE/15/90E
Author: Chris Long, Gahan & Long Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: 7-9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 4NE
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 713832m, N 855601m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.436188, -6.245318
An archaeological evaluation was conducted prior to the proposed construction of a poultry house on lands approximately 140m north-east of 170 Dromore Road, Craigavon. The site is directly adjacent to DOW 020:011, identified as an enclosure on the SMR.
Two test trenches, approximately 1.8m wide, were excavated using a back-acting machine, fitted with a toothless bucket. The topsoil, which was on average 0.3m, thick consisted of a greyish brown slightly clayey silt and overlay an orangey red sandy clay subsoil.
No evidence of any archaeological deposits was identified during the course of the evaluation.