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Platform - peatland

Derrygowna, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Platform - peatland, Derrygowna, 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
Derrygowna
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.60340, -7.90963
SMR number
LF022-165----

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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

A quite narrow band (exposed Wth 0.6m, T 0.12m) of brushwood was exposed in a WNW drain face. Its regular size, uniform level and tight arrangement suggested that the feature was a hurdle, though no sails were visible in section. More than twenty pieces of brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.02m) were present, three pieces of which were slightly larger (diam. 0.035m). The brushwood extended into the drain face and was orientated NW-SE. A possible vertical peg (broken) was located at a lower level, 0.04m to the NNE. There was no visible evidence of toolmarks. Possibly the remains of a platform. (Dunne 1999, 19, 99DNSW0006A)

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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