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Old routes to new research: the Edercloon wetland excavations in county Longford
Almost 6,000 years ago a narrow trackway of branches and twigs was laid down on the wet surface of a County Longford bog, signalling the start of a practice that would continue for the following four millennia and would create one of the most remarkable archaeological complexes ever excavated in Ireland’s wetlands.The bog in question lies in the townland of Edercloon, just south of the County Leit…
Contributors
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Moore, Caitríona
- Caitríona Moore
Creator
- Moore, Caitríona
Publisher
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Subject
- archaeology
- excavation (sites)
- bog
- timber trackway
- wheel
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Text
Contributors
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Moore, Caitríona
- Caitríona Moore
Creator
- Moore, Caitríona
Publisher
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Subject
- archaeology
- excavation (sites)
- bog
- timber trackway
- wheel
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Text
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- CC Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Issue date
- 2008-08
Temporal
- multi-period
Place-Time
- Edercloon
- http://www.logainm.ie/33391.aspx
Places
- Ireland
- Longford
Identifier
- #df667p77q
Format
- text
Language
- eng
- en
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-08-06T08:06:28.522Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-08-06T08:06:28.522Z