2016:145 - WOODEND, Tyrone

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tyrone

Site name: WOODEND

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: AE/16/147

Author: Martin McGonigle, John Cronin & Associates

Author/Organisation Address: 28 Upper Main St. Buncrana, Co. Donegal

Site type: Pit

Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)

ITM: E 636091m, N 900052m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.847019, -7.438058

A programme of monitoring was undertaken on the site at Woodend, Strabane, County Tyrone between 18 and 29 October 2016. Numerous modern features including frequent occurances of drainage features and cultivation furrows; several natural features and evidence for modern field clearance were encountered. One pit of potential archaeological significance was identified in Field 3. This feature was investigated and was preserved in situ.