2008:1146 - LONGFORDPASS SOUTH, Tipperary

One cutting measuring 4m by 2m, together with seven slot-trenches, were excavated here and revealed the remains of a brushwood and roundwood platform. The base of the platform was composed of two layers of brushwood and roundwood, overlain by a perpendicular layer of roundwoods. The structure was held together by a small number of pegs. The platform was probably sub-square in shape with sides up to 6.3m in length. Two wood samples taken in 2006 belonged to the pomoideae group of trees, which includes apple, pear, hawthorn and rowan.