Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform - peatland
Caul, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caul
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.77733, -7.95348
- SMR number
- RO024-076----
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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
This site was located in the industrial peatlands of Cloonshannagh Bog. It was first recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as exposed in section in a W-facing drain face 0.08m below the field surface. It was composed of brushwood overlying transverse elements (Whitaker 2014).
The site was excavated in 2015 (licence 15E0199). It was dated to cal. AD 262-535. The site was a platform composed of hazel, birch, alder and holly brushwood. It was orientated NE-SW, and measured 1.71-3m in width. Seventeen toolmarked ends were noted, five of which were chisel point ends with facets (Coughlan and Whitaker 2019).
Compiled by: Femke Vleeshouwer/Jane Whitaker/Tim Coughlan
Date of upload: 16 April 2020
References
Whitaker, J. 2014 Re‐assessment Peatland Survey 2013, Blackwater, Boora, Derrydreenagh, Mountdillon Group of Bogs, County Offaly, Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon. Unpublished report prepared by ADS for Bord na Móna.
Coughlan, T & Whitaker, J 2019 Final excavation report Cloonshannagh Bog, Co Roscommon. Bord na Mona Peatland Archaeological Services 2014-2017. Unpublished report submitted to DOEHLG & BnM
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