Projects

Iron Age Pits – Camus Coleraine The townland of Camus is well known in the Parish of Macosquin, taking its name from its location on the […]

Mountsandel: A Fine Spot for Fishing “In the 1950’s Alexander McL May an amateur archaeologist, found what we now call earlier Mesolithic artefacts eroding down slope […]

Excavations at Mountsandel, Lower Site, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry “Credit is due to the late A McL May for spotting the Mesolithic potentialities of Mountsandel (Lower) by […]

Urn Burial at Slaghtaverty, Parish of Errigal, County Londonderry This was discovered at a depth of 3 feet by workmen widening a lane. Mr Joseph Mc […]

Cremation Burials at Gortfad, Co. Londonderry, with Some Remarks on Cordoned Urns The discovery at Gortfad was made on 5th December 1955. This townland lies one […]

Some Wooden Utensils from Tyance, Moyagoney and Dreenan Bog Wooden objects are from time to time found during bog cutting operations but unfortunately many are not […]

Two Cairns at Gortacloghan, Co. Londonderry These cairns are close together in the Parish of Desertoghill near Garvagh. They are in the foothills at 500 feet […]

Wooden Javelin from Altinure, Co. Londonderry. Altinure is a townland near the village of Park meaning ‘the height of yew trees’. Mr Wm Hamar discovered the […]

Cornacleary Round Cairn, Town land of Ballydullaghan, County of Londonderry Setting the scene in which this cairn and many prehistoric finds lies is described with great […]

Cloghnagalla Cairn, Boviel, Co Londonderry The excavation was funded by Belfast Museum and labour subsidy from Ministry of Finance. It was done in August –September 1938.On […]