2017:494 - BELLAGHY: Lands 100m south of the Church of Ireland, Oldtown Road, Deerpark (Phase 2), Derry
County: Derry
Site name: BELLAGHY: Lands 100m south of the Church of Ireland, Oldtown Road, Deerpark (Phase 2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/17/181
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 695079m, N 896336m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.805925, -6.521055
An archaeological evaluation was carried out prior to the proposed construction of a residential development on lands 100m south of the Church of Ireland, Oldtown Road, Bellaghy.
An initial archaeological evaluation (Phase 1) was conducted for the site (licence no. AE/16/159). This evaluation is concerned with trenching across the footprint of the proposed development site. A total of 9 trenches were excavated by mechanical digger fitted with a toothless bucket. The depths of the trenches varied across the site from 0.2–1m. Subsoil was consistently a stiff plastic clay which varied in colour from orange to grey to brown and contained large deposits of stone. A large number of modern drains were identified within all of the trenches.
No archaeological features were identified during the course of the evaluation.