2018:139 - MAGHERAFELT: Moneymore Road, Derry
County: Derry
Site name: MAGHERAFELT: Moneymore Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: AE/18/08
Author: Chris Lynn, Gahan & Long Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: 7-9 Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 54NE
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 688792m, N 889499m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.745671, -6.620901
An archaeological evaluaion was carried out prior to the proposed construction of a residential development on lands at 14 Moneymore Road, situated adjacent and south-west of Oakvale Manor, adjacent and north-east of Thornhill Avenue, between Coolshinney Road and Moneymore Road, Magherafelt.
The evaluation consisted of the excavation of 28 trenches spread across 3 fields within the development area. The trenches were excavated using a back-acting machine fitted with a toothless bucket to the levels of naturally occurring subsoil. No archaeological deposits were identified during the course of the evaluation.