HOUTEN VEENWEGEN IN IERLAND

Samenvatting

In the midland bogs of Ireland, now in ex­ploitation, many wooden trackways have been excavated by the Department of Ar­chaeology UCD. Three of them are discus­sed here, namely the Neolithic track of Cloonbony, dated to c. 2500 BC, the Bronze Age track Corlea 6, dated to 2259±9 BC, and Iron Age Corlea l, dated to 148 BC. The methods of construction are discussed, and the archaeological and some environ­mental implications are considered.