2018:810 - ALTDRUMMAN (30A Fingrean Road, Loughmacrory), Tyrone
County: Tyrone
Site name: ALTDRUMMAN (30A Fingrean Road, Loughmacrory)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: TYR036:026 AND TYR036:032
Licence number: AE/18/115
Author: Emily Murray
Author/Organisation Address: Cnocnanean, 96 Mullaslin Road
Site type: Megalithic structure
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 655885m, N 874860m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.378000, -7.085000
Evaluative archaeological investigations were carried out in Altdrumman townland on lands approximately 66m north-east of, and to the rear of, 30a Fingrean road, Loughmacrory, Co. Tyrone. The application site (for a single residential dwelling and garage) was located adjacent to two scheduled prehistoric megalithic monuments, a wedge tomb (TYR 036:026) and a court tomb (TYR036:032). The investigations were undertaken in advance of site works taking place (Planning Ref.: LA10/2017/1352/F). Seven trenches (approx. 185m2 in total) were opened and excavated to the surface of the natural subsoil with a mechanical excavator under archaeological supervision; nothing of archaeological significance was observed.