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Platform - peatland

Corragarrow (Longford By.), County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Platform - peatland, Corragarrow, 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
Corragarrow (Longford By.)
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.70345, -7.88549
SMR number
LF013-133----

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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

Originally recorded as a puddle togher (exposed Wth 0.32m; T 0.18m) exposed towards the top of an ENE drain face. Longitudinal elements extended E-W and consisted of nine pieces of brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.05m), and two small split timbers. The latter had rectangular cross-sections measuring 0.05 x 0.03m. They were in poor condition and were thought to represent a single piece that later splintered (Dunne 1999, 53, 99BG0016A). Excavation in 2002 revealed a platform, exposed 0.07-0.3m below the surface in a drain face, comprising longitudinally placed, very straight brushwood (Wth 5.5m; D 0.21m), two to three layers deep. The elements had not been affected by milling. Three pieces of brushwood (diam. 0.05-0.07m; L 1.74m) at either end and in the centre were at a slightly higher level than the others. The remaining brushwood (av. diam. 0.025m) was densely arranged. Most of the longitudinal brushwood was worked - the ends were mostly found to be chisel points, the facets were cut with a metal axe and one of the worked ends had a raised signature. The remains yielded a date range of 1258-1215 BC (Whitaker 2009, 38).

Compiled by: Paul Walsh

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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