Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform - peatland
Derrynagran, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrynagran
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60168, -7.89259
- SMR number
- LF022-179----
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 two hurdle panels. Excavation in 2002 revealed that the panels (exposed L 5m; Wth 2m) were connected by a roundwood, aligned N-S, that was incorporated into the weave of each panel. The N panel (2m E-W; 2m N-S) was constructed of four sails, aligned E-W, around which the rods were woven. The S panel (3m N-S; 2m E-W) comprised five sails, aligned N-S, with interwoven rods. The platform lay 0.05-0.25m above a structure (LF022-076001-) but the two do not appear to have been connected. A date range of 400-200 BC was obtained (Whitaker 2009, 62).
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
- Structure - peatlandunder 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.