Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Edercloon, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edercloon
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81479, -7.89656
- SMR number
- LF004-028----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This structure consisted of an irregular deposit (L 2.35m min.; Wth 1.1m; D 0.12m) of brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.04m), roundwood (diam. 0.06-0.14m) and several small to medium-sized stones. Although most of the pieces were broken, the condition of the wood was moderate. A relatively modern shovel blade and broken handle were recovered. Another structure (LF004-016----) lay 10.4m to the NW. This structure lay at the W edge of the development footprint and may have extended to the W. A single piece of alder was radiocarbon dated, revealing a date range of cal AD 660-870 (Wk-20951) (Moore and O’Connor 2009a, 34, EDC 30).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data kindly supplied by Caitríona Moore.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.