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Platform - peatland

Derryvella, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Platform - peatland, Derryvella, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derryvella
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.62811, -7.66400
SMR number
TS048-068----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In Derryvella bog, this possible platform (Wth 0.44m; D 0.04m; L 2.41m) was visible in the centre of the field on its surface. It was composed of a number of brushwood and roundwood elements (diam. 0.01-0.09m; L 0.09-0.5m) that were quite densely packed. The majority of the elements were orientated N-S, while those at the northern end were orientated NW-SE. The structure was moderately preserved but had been machine damaged on its upper side. The underlying peat was composed of moderately humified sphagnum peat with moderate eriophorum inclusions. A single piece of wood was identified as hazel. A single squared oak peg, worked to a wedge point, was located to the NW.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly, based on the original survey description compiled by Jane Whitaker of Archaeological Development Services Ltd.

Date of upload: 07 November 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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