The Corlea Trackway Visitor Center is an educational center nestled in the Longford County Marshes, near the River Shannon Valley. It shows fragments of an Iron Age wooden road that led through a marshy area. Visitors can also see other archaeological monuments and watch a presentation depicting the life of the inhabitants of these areas around the 2nd-1st century BC
Around 150 BC, the Celts who lived in what is now Longford County built an oak wood road through the marshes. It was discovered during the work carried out by scientists from University College Dublin. It is the longest such road excavated in Europe from the ancient period.
The Corlea Trackway Visitor Center was established to expose the discovered fragments and bring closer the life of the people who built the road. It presents not only oak logs from which the pavement was laid, but also objects discovered during excavations. You can see ceramics, tools and jewelry here. A multimedia presentation introduces the life of the inhabitants of swamps in the Iron Age.
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