Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 1 togher
Mullagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53490, -8.91529
- SMR number
- GA029-204----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within an extensive tract of the Mullagh-Woodquay raised bog. The remains of a togher (L c. 200m, Wth 1.5m) came to light during turf-cutting operations, c. 0.4m below the present ground surface. Composed of brushwood, it is visible intermittently in the cut-away bog running on a NNE-SSW axis. According to local information, 'tallow or butter dishes' were found fairly close to the togher, and a number of hazel nuts were found amongst the brushwood.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.