County: Derry Site name: A6 Dungiven - Drumahoe (Derrychrier 3)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/17/015
Author: Stuart Alexander
Site type: Early Medieval Charcoal Production
Period/Dating: —
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.
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