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This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Clonad Bog. It was recorded in a drain face c. 0.14m below the field surface during the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey (Whitaker 2014). On excavation in 2014 (licence 14E0354) the site was exposed to be a possible platform. A single cutting, measuring 5x2m, was opened; the E extent of the cutting was truncated by a drain. The overlying peat was well-humified Sphagnum peat. The possible platform was composed of closely placed NW-SE orientated brushwood and roundwood elements, measuring a maximum of 1.4m in length. They were laid a maximum of two layers deep. The underlying peat was moderately humified. A fragment of alder was chosen for AMS dating and returned a result of cal. 1923-1752 BC (UBA 26630). Compiled by: Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer Date of upload: 25 February 2020

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Platform — peatland in Clonad (phillipstown Lower By.)

What is recorded here