Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Derryoghil, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryoghil
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64985, -7.86148
- SMR number
- LF018-081026-
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 well-constructed togher (L 6m min.; Wth 1.8m; D 0.25m), orientated E-W, consisting of a substructure of longitudinal and transverse roundwood, above and below which were thick deposits of irregular brushwood, and a superstructure of very regular transverse roundwood and brushwood. Pegs were irregularly positioned along its sides. Toolmarks were very clear and showed good signatures. At its E end the togher veered to the NE. Radiocarbon dated to 1685 1459 BC (3295±40 BP, GrN 16566) (Raftery 1990, 19; 1996, Derryoghil 10, 132-6). When inspected in 1999, it (exposed L 2.2m; Wth 2.5m) consisted of large parallel roundwoods (diam. 0.10-0.11m) with parallel brushwood (diam. 0.03-0.06m) between and one transverse roundwood (0.13 x 0.6m) (Dunne 1999).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin, and the Archaeological Development Services.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.