Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform - peatland
Caul, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caul
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77851, -7.95615
- SMR number
- RO024-053----
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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
Located towards the W edge of Cloonshannagh bog, c. 30m S of an element of the togher (RO024-024----), with platform (RO024-054----) c. 10m to the NW. The platform (L 3.12m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.12m) was exposed on the field surface and was orientated NNE-SSW. It was composed of poorly preserved randomly laid roundwood. The elements were sparsely laid 0.02 to 0.42m apart and ranged from 0.06 to 0.10m in diameter. The underlying peat was composed of moderately humified Sphagnum-rich peat with moderate Calluna and Eriophorum inclusions. It produced a C14 date date of AD 1220-1270.
Compiled by: Ros O Maoldúin/Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15th April, 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.