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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
53.81481, -7.89621
SMR number
LF004-032----

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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 platform (L 3.05m; Wth 3.91m; D 0.17m) composed of eight roundwoods (diam. 0.065-0.125m) and occasional brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.04m) was orientated NE-SW. In the NE corner was a deposit of bark fragments and 2m from the SW edge was a piece of brushwood orientated NW-SE. The elements were laid one piece deep and were concentrated at the NW side of the platform, with a noticeable gap in the central area. Four pegs (diam. 0.04-0.06m; L 0.52-1.44m) were set at angles of 60° at the four corners. The condition of the wood varied from poor to good and the species used included hazel and alder. Metal-cut toolmarks were present on several roundwoods. The platform lay 0.5m below a togher (LF004-026----), and in structure was very similar to another platform (LF004-011----). Radiocarbon dating revealed a date range of 980-800 cal BC (Wk-20954) (Moore and O’Connor 2009a, 36, EDC 34).

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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