Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 1 togher
Lullymore West,derrybrennan, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lullymore West,derrybrennan
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29099, -6.94881
- SMR number
- KD012-004001-
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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
One of three toghers (see also KD012-002001- and KD012-003001-) converging on Derrybrennan townalnd, a small 'island' of high ground in the expanse of bog to the N of Lullymore, which were investigated by Rynne on behalf of the NMI after their discovery was reported by Bord na Móna. It ran (est. L c. 1500m) between higher ground at Derrybrennan townalnd to the N and Lullymore West townalnd to the S, another 'island' in the bog, where it appears to be aligned with a laneway leading towards an early monastic site (KD012-006----). Rynne investigated both ends of the road but gave no details in the published account (1964-5, 38-9). According to local reports, where the togher had been cut by turf-cutting machines, transversely laid planks (est. L c. 2.4m) had occasionally been found, particularly in areas of soft peat. The site has been radiocarbon dated to AD 775-892 (1200±20BP; GrN-14728). (Brindley & Lanting 1998, 47)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.