Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform - peatland
Derrymany, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrymany
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60211, -7.89247
- SMR number
- LF022-141----
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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
Thirty to forty loosely arranged pieces of brushwood (av. diam. 0.03m; exposed Wth 3.6m; T 0.2m) and some twigs were exposed in a drain face. They were also evident in the opposite drain face. There was no evidence of woodworking. Possibly the remains of a platform.
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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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.