Corlea Bog Trackway Eastern Extension (Roscommon)
Corlea East Togher · Clonfinlough Trackway Corridor
Iron Age (La Tène B / Gaelic Ireland)·Gaelic Iron Age Ireland·🇮🇪 County Roscommon / Longford border, Ballymahon peatlands, Shannon basin, Ireland
About
About Corlea Bog Trackway Eastern Extension (Roscommon)
84 Cloonbreany 2 Cartron Rd N39 XT18) of the Iron Age Corlea Trackway (148 BC precise dendro of 18-m preserved hall, 148 BC autumn fell) bog road of heavy oak planks (over 2,000 years) across boglands near River Shannon. Midlands Ireland (Keenagh) centre interprets causeway for wheeled vehicles. 5 m, transverse sleepers. Germany-Netherlands-Britain parallels none compare to Corlea. Excavated hall specially designed to preserve humidity. Similar trackways Tin Tab, Withy Bed, Meare, Corlea 2 Keenagh variant.
Why it mattersIreland's oldest surviving wheeled-vehicle bog road precise year 148 BC, dendro-dated.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Wooing of Étaín causeway legend
Theories
- 01Uisneach pilgrimage route
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 148-147 BCE (Iron Age, La Tène)
- Period
- Iron Age (La Tène B / Gaelic Ireland)
- Culture
- Gaelic Iron Age Ireland
- Builders
- Midlands Iron Age Gaelic community
- Purpose
- Wheeled vehicle causeway across Shannon boglands, possibly to Uisneach ritual centre
- Abandoned
- c.120 BCE (sank into peat)
- Rediscovered
- 1985 Bord na Móna peat cutting; 1991 OPW hall opening
- Excavation
- Excavated
148 BCE
Oak felled autumn 148 BC, laid 148 BCE
1985
Bord na Móna cutter exposes oak
1991
Corlea Visitor Centre 18-m hall opens
On the ground
Structures & features
53.6200° N · 7.8400° W · 48 m · 2 mapped features
Corlea 18-m Hall Preserved Stretch
structure18-m oak plank stretch in humidity hall Cloonbreany
53.6210° N · 7.8390° WClonfinlough Eastern Tongue
structure7-m plank exposure at Clonfinlough bog 600 m east
53.6180° N · 7.8350° W