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Road - class 1 togher

Derryvarroge, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 1 togher, Derryvarroge, County Kildare, 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
Derryvarroge
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.34566, -6.79427
SMR number
KD009-032----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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

A substantial togher (L 180m NW-SE; av. Wth. 3m; av. D 0.5m) was recorded at five locations (at NGR's; 280401 233397; 280381 233431; 280351 233481; 280321 233528 and 280304 233557) across six Bord na Mona peat production fields. The superstructure was composed mainly of closely spaced longitudinal roundwoods and planks with occasional smaller roundwoods and brushwoods packed between and underneath. The togher is orientated NW-SE and extends from a hill at the N edge of the bog and runs into privately controlled turbary plots to the east of the main Bord na Mona production bog. Three pieces of wood were sampled and identified as alder, birch and rowan/hawthorn, and a date of 660 to 890AD was obtained for the monument.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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