Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Derrindiff, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrindiff
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59200, -7.87140
- SMR number
- LF022-111----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Originally recorded as a band (exposed area L 1.5m; Wth 1.5m) of tightly packed, parallel roundwood and large brushwood (diam. 0.04-0.11m) located on the field surface and being milled. Two additional large pieces of brushwood were also exposed on the field surface 1.7m to the S but only for a distance of 0.1m. These pieces were orientated ESE-WSW (Dunne 1999, 38, 99DBSE035A). Excavation in 2002 yielded a date range of 1206-1129 BC (Whitaker 2009, 30). The remains were aligned NNE-SSW and were composed of 55% brushwood and 45% roundwood (diam. 0.016-0.14m), transversely laid. Eight elements had toolmarks, including chisel and wedge points.
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 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.