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
- 53.64918, -7.86125
- SMR number
- LF018-081051-
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
This togher (L 4.75m min.; Wth 2.2m; D 0.13m), orientated NW-SE, consisted of extensively damaged brushwood and roundwood. The NW end of the excavated portion was constructed of longitudinal brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.05m) which, towards the E, gave way to a substructure of transversely laid brushwood. It was radiocarbon dated to 1207-922 BC (2870±35 BP, GrN-16642) (Raftery 1996, Derryoghil 39, 164-5). When inspected in 1999 (Dunne) it comprised longitudinal brushwood (overall L 15m; Wth 2.2m) in very bad condition. The brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.04m) was densely packed and no woodworking was visible.
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
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.