County: Tyrone Site name: Skey, Cavankilgreen
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/18/167
Author: Camilla Brannstrom
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 665342m, N 855491m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.443741, -6.992625
A watching brief was undertaken during the Gas to the West project at Grange, County Tyrone. A single burnt mound deposit was identified during monitored topsoil stripping at Plot 55.05 and subsequently fully excavated. The sub-circular spread which consisted of heat-fractured stones within a matrix of charcoal-rich clay measured 6.48m east to west by 4.3m with a maximum thickness of 0.08m. One broken end scraper was recovered from the burnt mound deposit.
Radiocarbon analysis of one piece of pomaceous fruitwood charcoal recovered from the burnt mound deposit returned a date of 1215-1015 BC (2 sigma).
John Cronin and Associates, Burnside, St Oran’s Road, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, F93 RW84
