Time Team programme unearths Hugh O’Neill’s drinking flask

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THE site of the O’Neill’s medieval castle will be the subject of the popular Time Team series tonight (Friday) on Channel Four.

The groundbreaking team of archaeologists will uncover evidence of military happenings at Castle Hill in Dungannon – the former home of Irish chieftain Hugh O’Neill.

At the time of the discoveries, programme researcher John Wiles said: “We have found pieces of lead and musket shot which we would expect to find at a site like this which was at the heart of so many battles.