Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland

The National Monuments Service's description

Towards the W edge of 'Timahoe Bog'. Visible as a thin layer (T 0.2-0.25m) of grey, stony marl overlying a thinner layer (T 0.08-0.12m) of compacted vegetation in the N face of a turf bank, 0.8m below the present, heather-clad bog surface, and traceable for a length of 10m on an ENE-WSW orientation. The Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (UCD) subsequently visited (26 March 2004) and recorded four separate archaeological horizons with natural peat above and below. The lower peat horizon was fen (min D. 0.95m) which was unusual and suggested either an early date for the site or a late transition from fen to raised bog peats in the area. All four phases were present through the entire longitudinal exposure, however, Phase 1 was not evident in the partial transverse section at the NE end. This may indicate that either Phase 1 was narrower than subsequent phases or that there was some divergence in the lines of construction. The site is covered by a poorly humified Sphagnum peat representing a developed raised bog environment.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011