Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform - peatland
Derrindiff, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrindiff
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59210, -7.87328
- SMR number
- LF022-121----
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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
Originally recorded as a compact band (exposed L 8m; Wth 3.5m; T 0.34m) of brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.06m) exposed towards the top of an ESE drain face. One metal-cut chisel-point end was noted (Dunne 1999, 36, 99DBSE027A). Excavation in 2001 yielded a date of 973-941 BC and revealed an elongated triangular platform structure (Whitaker 2009, 26). The remains were aligned N-S and were composed of two layers of identical composition with the elements laid at 45° to each other. The lower layer contained larger elements (diam. 0.05-0.08m). The platform was constructed of hazel and ash. Only four toolmarked elements were uncovered: three small chisel-point brushwood pieces and a larger, pencil-point roundwood that appeared to have been burnt at the tip.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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