County: Longford Site name: DERRYCOLUMB BOG, Derrindiff
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0586
Author: Jane Whitaker, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Platform - peatland
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 608399m, N 760131m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.590979, -7.873133
This site was excavated as part of the 2001 Bord na Móna Archaeological Mitigation Project. It was located 15m south of the Bronze Age plank trackway (No. 818, Excavations 2001, 01E0585) at sighting 01DBSE0007G. This site was recorded in 1991 as 99DBSE0018A. It was composed of five heavy brushwoods partially exposed on the field surface of the BnM bog. The overlying peat was moderately decomposed and varied in depth from 0.08m to 0.3m. The elements were all lying in a north–south direction. They ranged in diameter from 39mm to 54mm. Three of the pieces had tool-marked ends. These were chisel points which had been cut with a metal tool with cutting angles of 35–40°. The actual function or purpose of this site is uncertain.
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