An inherited place: Investigation of a late prehistoric settlement & famine cemetery in Downpatrick
Channel: The Ulster Archaeological Society
Date: 2022-03-14

An inherited place: An investigation of a late prehistoric settlement and famine cemetery in Downpatrick - Chris Lynn

In advance of construction of new school buildings for Down High School, Gahan & Long were contracted in 2019 to carry out an archaeological investigation of a workhouse famine cemetery and adjacent lands. Due to the covid-19 outbreak, archaeological excavation is still progressing until 2022, but to date more than 700 individuals have been removed from the graveyard. Investigation of the surrounding lands revealed a substantial prehistoric settlement containing more than 100 structures of diverse types, internal pathways and furnace activity constructed on top of a Bronze Age cemetery.

Christopher Lynn graduated in Archaeology from Queen's University Belfast in 2007 and is currently a Site Director for Gahan and Long Ltd archaeological consultancy.