Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform - peatland
Corlea, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corlea
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61921, -7.85309
- SMR number
- LF022-094----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 compact band (exposed Wth 4.5m; T up to 0.3m) of two to three roundwoods and numerous pieces of brushwood and twigs was exposed in a drain. One of the roundwoods displayed a possible worked end. Beneath the platform were concentrations of natural wood and roots. (Dunne 1999, 4, 99LBW0007A)
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 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.