2021:367 - COOKSTOWN: Lands Southeast of 55 Ballymoyle Road, Derry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Derry

Site name: COOKSTOWN: Lands Southeast of 55 Ballymoyle Road

Sites and Monuments Record No.: LDY049:004

Licence number: AE/21/126

Author: Scott Ingram, NAC Ltd.

Author/Organisation Address: 638 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7DY

Site type: Ringfort - rath

Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)

ITM: E 692160m, N 881723m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.675212, -6.571078

Test trenching was undertaken to identify the location of rath LDY049:004. The rath ditch was identified in eight of the 20 trenches. No trenching was undertaken within the centre of the rath. The rath will now be preserved in situ.