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Platform - peatland

Edercloon, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Platform - peatland, Edercloon, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Edercloon
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.81493, -7.89671
SMR number
LF004-015----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A small platform (L 3.3m; Wth 2.66m; D 0.21m), orientated NW-SE, consisted an upper layer of parallel brushwood (diam. 0.03-0.05m; L. 2.18m max.) and roundwood (diam. 0.09-0.1m; L 3m max.). The wood was laid one to two pieces deep but was deposited in two separate groups between which, in the centre, was a gap of 0.7m. A lower layer consisted of a deposit of irregularly laid twigs and occasional brushwood covering an area of approximately 1m square. The wood in the upper layer lay directly below topsoil and was in a poor condition. The lower layer was moderately preserved. Metal-cut toolmarks were present on pieces in both layers (Moore and O’Connor 2009a, 25, EDC 14).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data kindly supplied by Caitríona Moore.

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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