Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Annaghbeg, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annaghbeg
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66298, -7.90436
- SMR number
- LF018-077013-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
A togher (L 2.7m min.; Wth 0.8m; D 0.1m), noted in 1989, consisted of an extensively damaged hurdle which was partially excavated. The orientation was E-W. The sails (diam. 0.04-0.045m) and rods (diam. 0.02-0.03m) were unusually thick. Radiocarbon dated to 2400-2155 BC (3830±25 BP, GrN-18373). (Raftery 1990, AG3, 73; 1996, Annaghbeg 3, 178-9)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
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- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.