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Armagh<br />

Derry More, Co. Armagh<br />

Early Medieval Settlement Enclosure.<br />

Grid Ref: J0496028040 (304960/328040)<br />

SMR No: ARM 026:008<br />

Excavation Licence: AE/00/22; AE/01/38; AE/01/42; AE/01/69<br />

Excavation Duration/Year: May 2000 – June 2000; 2001.<br />

Site Directors: E. Halpin (Archaeological Development Services); C. Long<br />

(Archaeological Development Services)<br />

A hachured enclosure was shown on early editions of the Ordnance Survey maps, but at the<br />

time of excavation this was only marked on the ground by a fraction of the surviving bank.<br />

Excavation was required prior to the construction of a number of houses on the site.<br />

Four trenches were excavated through the site (Fig. 41), and the original enclosure ditch was<br />

discovered in all of these. <strong>The</strong> only other features located during the excavation were the<br />

curving gullies of a (possible) roundhouse, and the linear gullies of a possible rectangular<br />

house. A number of sherds of souterrain ware were found in the linear gullys, suggesting that<br />

the associated structure was built during the early medieval period. <strong>The</strong> lack of occupation<br />

debris, habitation layers, and charcoal spreads has led the excavator to suggest that this site<br />

may have been occupied for only a short period, or, indeed, may have been abandoned<br />

before being fully completed.<br />

Fig. 42: Plan of excavations at Derry More in 2000, showing location of features (after Halpin<br />

2000).<br />

References:<br />

Halpin, E. 2000. Assessment Excavations at Green Road, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh.<br />

Archaeological Development Services Ltd.<br />

C. Long. 2001:022. Derrymore Fort, Bessbrook. http://www.excavations.ie.<br />

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