2006:1840 - LITTLETON BOG, Clonoura/Derrycoogh/Derryhogan/Leigh/Longfordpass East/Longfordpass South/Newhill/Noard, Tipperary

This bog was surveyed as part of the 2006 Peatland Survey, which concentrated on Bord na Móna’s Littleton group of bogs. Littleton Bog is the largest of the bogs surveyed, measuring 1013ha in size. It is located in the centre of the Littleton group and was accessed at its southern end from an unclassified road that runs south-east from Littleton village and from the N8 at Longford Pass at its northern extent. Thirty-three sites were recorded in this bog and they were located mainly in the northern extent. The sites were mainly roundwood and brushwood structures, with the exception of two plank trackways and a gravel, stone and plank trackway. The remaining sites were eight archaeological wood sites, four platforms and eighteen trackways of varying lengths and widths. Nine of the sites were dated and the dates ranged from 1740–1420 BC to AD 130–420.