What is recorded here

Excavation in County Longford exposed a long trench and buried fence lines beside a burial ground. The digging reached through soil and memory to reveal the shape of a forgotten town. What was hidden under grass and time came forward as a clear line in the earth. The place stopped being empty and became a witness.

Archaeological test excavations in 1996 to the S of a burial ground (LF009-023002-) exposed linear features, including a trench (L c. 24m) which supported wooden stakes or posts (Carroll 1997, 72). The linear features were interpreted by the excavator as the remnants of post-medieval fences that could possibly have been related to the 17th-century settlement of the town (see LF009-023----). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 25 February 2013

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