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
- 53.60169, -7.89235
- SMR number
- LF022-184----
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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 togher but excavation in 2002 revealed that this was a platform (exposed L 5.5m; Wth 5m) composed mainly of roundwood with brushwood also present. The elements were mostly aligned N-S but were quite dispersed and unevenly laid. Woodworking was evident throughout. A date range of 320-200 BC was obtained (Whitaker 2009, 68). (Whitaker 2004g, 351-1)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.