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Platform - peatland

Derrindiff, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Platform - peatland, Derrindiff, 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
Derrindiff
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.59210, -7.87328
SMR number
LF022-121----

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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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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