Road to the West, A Road to the Past Volume 2

Abstract

Major developments by TransportNI have seen the A4 and A5 between Dungannon and Ballygawley upgraded. These developments presented an opportunity for archaeologists to uncover and investigate many features that would have previously been hidden. The sites ranged in date from the Late Mesolithic (c.5500BC) through to the end of the post medieval period (c. AD 1914). The excavations shed light on the lives of the people who inhabited this part of Ireland and showed the nature of the dwellings they people lived in, the food that they ate, and how it was produced, and how people were treated after they had died. This volume encompasses the findings of the many archaeologists that worked on the excavations. Reconstruction paintings by artist Philip Armstrong bring life to the most significant archaeological sites.