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Road - class 1 togher

Cloonmore,Corragarrow (Longford By.), County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 1 togher, Cloonmore, 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
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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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 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

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

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