Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform - peatland
Cloonfore, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonfore
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66642, -7.92124
- SMR number
- LF018-113----
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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
A band of tightly packed brushwood, along with some twigs, was located on the field surface was being milled (exposed area 1.3m NE-SW; 0.6m NW-SE). Approximately ten pieces of brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.03m) were present and all were aligned NE-SW. The band appeared to extend into the bog at the SW end and may have been intact under ground level beyond that point. The evidence suggested that this was likely to be the remains of a platform. (Dunne 1999, 42, 99DD0008A)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.