What is recorded here

Excavation at Moynalty revealed fourteen hidden features, including two shallow pits and a long gully, on a slope beside the Owenroe or Moynalty River. The discovery emerged while engineers prepared an entry lane for a water treatment plant, pulling prehistoric life back into the light. A flint blade and fragments of ancient pottery suggest people once lived at the edge of a larger settlement, perhaps cooking, storing or marking boundary near the water. The nearby burnt mound still stands as a reminder that heat and transformation belong to this place.

Located on a slope down to the E bank of a N-S section of the Owenroe or Moynalty River. Archaeological monitoring (07E0942) of a water scheme at Moynalty identified prehistoric features on a proposed entry lane to a water treatment plant. There were 14 features including 2 pits (dims 0.7m x 0.6m; D 0.1m: 1.2m x 1.06m, D 0.14m) and a gully (Wth 1.2m D 0.48m; L 6m plus), which were probably at the edge of more complex settlement features. Few artefacts were recovered but a flint blade and two pieces of prehistoric pottery were found. The burnt mound (ME011-051002-) is c. 55m to the SW. (Clutterbuck 2009, 10-12; 2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 April, 2019

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