2019:740 - Carrickvale, Lurgan, Armagh

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Armagh Site name: Carrickvale, Lurgan

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/19/139

Author: Stuart Alexander

Site type: Post-medieval brick kiln

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 707494m, N 857653m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.455995, -6.342227

Archaeological test trenching and excavation was carried out at Carrickvale, Lurgan, Co. Armagh between 21 October and 20 November 2019. Archaeological material was uncovered in two of the trenches on the eastern side of the site; this was identified as the remains of a post-medieval brick clamp, an early method of firing bricks.

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