What is recorded here

Platform is a platform, peatland in Curraghnaboll, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a brushwood and roundwood structure preserved in Cornafulla Bog, dated to cal. 174 BC-AD 2. The platform measured a maximum of 2.04x1.04m, contained birch brushwood and ash roundwood, and included a simple birch peg with a chisel-point end.

This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Cornafulla Bog. It was first recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as a togher, and was located in a W-facing drain face sighting 0.15m below the field surface (Whitaker 2014). On excavation in 2016 (licence 15E0186), it was revealed to be a brushwood and roundwood platform, measuring a maximum of 2.04x1.04m. The site was dated to cal. 174 BC-AD 2 (UBA 26653). The platform was excavated in a single cutting measuring 5x2m. It was overlain and underlain by moderately humified Sphagnum peat. The platform was composed of NE-SW orientated birch brushwood and two ash roundwood elements. All elements were in poor condition and some were machine-damaged. A simple birch peg with a chisel-point end was found, measuring 0.05m (diam.) and 0.51m in length. Compiled by: Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer Date of upload: 25 February 2020

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