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Road - class 1 togher

Gowla (Killian By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 1 togher, Gowla, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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