Trackway
 
Peatland
     

Location - Feegarran; Lissan; Cookstown.

Description
This site consists of a stone causeway traversing the narrowest point of a small raised bog. It is approx. 56m long & 1.35m wide. Excavation discovered no dateable finds with the trackway. It consisted of 3 main phases of construction; 1.the earliest, a fragile Birch trackway: 2.a boulder built causeway & 3.a heavy timber trackway. The stone phase was made up of Gabbro boulders bound together with turf sods. On a hill slope several fields away to the north, 120 flint flakes were found in a circle 20ft in diameter.

Further Information
EHS-Built Heritage
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Belfast BT1 2LA
Tel : 028 9054 3004
Fax :028 9054 3111
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