2018:139 - Moneymore Road, Magherafelt, Derry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Derry Site name: Moneymore Road, Magherafelt

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/18/08

Author: Chris Lynn, Gahan & Long Ltd

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

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.

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