
What is recorded here
A platform (dims. 13.9m E-W x 12.5m min. N-S; D 0.35m) which is approximately circular in shape and consists of a dense, irregular deposit of mixed brushwood, roundwoods, twigs, a timber and six near vertical pegs. The wood is very gnarled and knotty, and a large number of pieces are forked. One of the roundwoods has evidence of burning. The wood is in poor condition and lies within well-humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. Radiocarbon dated to 2282-1952 cal. BC (UCD 0209). SMR OF010-408---- lies 1.05m to the NW.
Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin).
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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