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Platform - peatland

Knockersally Or Colehill, County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Knockersally Or Colehill
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.43027, -7.10613
SMR number
ME046-033----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Eleven light brushwoods exposed in section in the drain face 0.56m from the field surface. The elements were closely spaced and were also visible in the opposing drain face. The function of this site is unclear but it may represent a short length of a light brushwood trackway or a small platform. A single piece was sampled and was identified as hazel. The peat was moderately humified sphagnum peat with frequent eriophorum inclusions.

Date of upload: 27 August 2019

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

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