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Road - class 3 togher

Corlea, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Corlea, 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
Corlea
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.62138, -7.85607
SMR number
LF022-057039-

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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

A togher (L 1.9m min.; Wth 1.2m; D 0.1-0.15m), noted in 1989, consisted of closely spaced longitudinal roundwood and brushwood. Pegs were set at irregular intervals along both sides of it. The orientation was ENE-WSW. Radiocarbon dated to 3368-3097 BC (4540±40 BP, GrN-18375). (Raftery 1990, 11; 1996, Corlea 10, 91)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin.

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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