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Platform

Platform, peatland

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Milling machines still bite through the field where the platform lies, pulling wood and memory into powder. What remains is not a chamber or cache but a narrow ribbon of patience, a temporary crossing made visible only because removal continues. The platform does not resist forgetting; it enters the machine and becomes distributed.
A small platform (exposed area 0.46m ENE-WSW; 0.42m NNW-SSE) was located on the field surface and was being milled. The remains consisted of tightly packed, longitudinal brushwood and twigs (diam. 0.005-0.02m), which extended under the milled surface. There was no visible evidence of woodworking. (Dunne 1999, 41, 99DD0004A) Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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