Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 1 togher
Gowla (killian By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowla (killian By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45526, -8.32432
- SMR number
- GA047-058----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located close to the western edges of an industrial Bord na Móna bog in peat fields adjacent to forestry. This togher ran parallel and 8m north of another togher (GLA0026 IAWU numbering system) and was visible in the drain face and on the field surface at five sightings for 105m. It was orientated E - W and was composed of longitudinally laid planks or paired planks underlain by brushwood transverses. The togher was dated between 660 - 770 AD.
Uploaded on: 31 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.