County: Longford Site name: LOUGH BANNOW 2, Corlea
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0457
Author: Noel Dunne, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Road - class 3 togher and Platform - peatland
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 609795m, N 763408m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.620406, -7.851933
This site consisted of a hurdle that was partly evident on the Bord na Móna milled surface in 1999 and again in 2000. Excavation showed that it survived in a degraded and cracked state owing to milling, pressure from machinery passing over it and exposure to the elements. The screen measured 2.9m west-south-west/east-north-east by 2m and was constructed with five sails, orientated north-north-west/north-west to south-south-east/south-east, and woven rods. Much of the weave pattern did not survive owing to the cracked nature of the site. The hurdle rested on an oak roundwood, orientated east-north-east/west-south-west and 2m long. Some fragments of light brushwood were also evident at this lower, foundation level. Further exposure through milling and some trowelling in 2000 confirmed that the hurdle is distinct from Site 31A of the 1999 reassessment, which is located only 3.6m to the north. The latter is a togher constructed with longitudinal roundwoods, brushwood and pegs. Both features are at the same level in the bog and are likely to be contemporary. Some brushwood elements partly bridge the gap between the two sites.
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