Volunteers are digging at an excavation site in Lurgan in the hope of uncovering an ancient churchyard archaeology
An archaeological dig is taking place in County Armagh amid speculation that it is the site of an old churchyard.
The site in Lurgan is believed to have been used as a graveyard until the 1840s, when the train line from Belfast to Armagh cut across it.It is thought her coffin had to be carried across the railway line. The excavation has gone ahead following ground penetrating radar surveys carried out by Queen's University Belfast indicated stone features of interest.
Lurgan historian Dr Francis McCorry has long theorised that an early church could be buried at the site - perhaps dating back to 600AD.On just the second day of the dig, volunteers had already uncovered some artefacts including Neolithic flint, pottery from numerous centuries and slag which suggests iron work in the area.
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