Excavations at Newmills, County Tyrone - Brian Sloan

Описание: A community-based excavation was undertaken by the Centre for Community Archaeology QUB at Newmills, Co. Tyrone in August 2021. The site is depicted on the 1st edition OS map as the location of a spade manufactory, although its function had changed to a creamery by 1900. The site consisted of a row of small houses known as ‘Creamery Row’ as well as an industrial complex including a millrace and large water wheel. The project involved the excavation of two trenches to investigate the social as well as industrial heritage of this site with fantastic results! The investigation was carried out in association with the Lough Neagh Landscape Partnership and funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund.

Brian Sloan is an Excavation Director with the Centre for Community Archaeology Queen’s University Belfast. Since joining the unit in 2003, Brian has directed a number of excavations most notably the recent community- based investigations at Cathedral Hill Downpatrick, Co. Down. As well as being a lithics specialist, Brian has been developing a programme of experimental archaeology activities with QUB undergraduate students, presented to the public as the annual ‘Skills of the Ancients Archaeology Festival’ carried out in association with the Lough Neagh Landscape Partnership.