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Road - class 3 togher

Cloonfore, County Longford, Ireland

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Townland
Cloonfore
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.66674, -7.92162
SMR number
LF018-120----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

This togher (exposed L 11.5m; Wth 1.1m) was composed of closely set longitudinal small and large brushwood and twigs, and was orientated NW-SE (Dunne 2002g, 205). There were also occasional small brushwood transverses. Adjacent fields had been milled to a lower level. Originally recorded as 19A and 19B (Dunne 1999, 46, 99DD0019A-B). 19A: was located to the W of a drain, on the field surface, and was being milled. It consisted of tightly packed brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.03m) at least two layers thick; it was orientated E-W but turned to NNW-SSE at W. Some of the brushwood pieces were larger and may have been part of a substructure. 19B: 10.5m to the W consisted of three to four pieces of brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.04m; L 0.5m max.; Wth of exposure 0.5m) oriented NW-SE.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services.

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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