Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 1 togher
Cloonmore,corragarrow (longford By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonmore,corragarrow (longford By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70332, -7.88467
- SMR number
- LF013-144----
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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
Originally recorded as a togher (L 80m; Wth 2.1-3m; T 0.15-0.3m) composed of longitudinal roundwood and brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.25m), which extended over seven fields. It was mostly evident on the field surface and was being milled but was also visible in drain faces at a depth of up to 0.35m. One piece of brushwood had a worked end with six facets, two of which were stepped - possibly formed with a metal blade (Dunne 1999, 48, 99BG001A-G). Excavation in 2002 indicated that the remains were mostly orientated WSW-ENE and were composed of tightly packed longitudinal roundwood that extended over 60m. After this point, it was believed that the remaining stretch (L 40m) was composed of a series of small brushwood platforms along the same line. A date range of 393-387 BC was obtained (Whitaker 2009, 48).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.