2017:851 - A6, Dungiven—Drumahoe (Derrychrier 3), Derry
County: Derry
Site name: A6, Dungiven—Drumahoe (Derrychrier 3)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/17/015
Author: Stuart Alexander, NAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY
Site type: Charcoal-making site
Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)
ITM: E 667157m, N 908469m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.919429, -6.952465
The archaeology consisted of 72 features: comprising large and small pits, and burnt spreads as well as an east-west aligned pair of ditches. Nothing of a structural nature was identified.
Artefacts recovered were limited to a few pieces of struck flint; the only diagnostic piece being a probable Neolithic scraper.
The pits were dated to the early medieval period and were typical of charcoal production pits of the period.