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Road - class 1 togher

Derraghan More,Derrygowna, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 1 togher, Derraghan More, Derrygowna, County Longford, 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
Derraghan More,Derrygowna
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.61807, -7.90012
SMR number
LF022-055008-

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

This roadway (L 960m; D 1.25m) consisted of large transverse oak planks, supported by longitudinal runners and secured by pegs. Excavated in 1957 by Rynne (NMI file I.A. 32/57), the orientation was recorded as approximately E-W and it was noted that areas of sticky clay appeared to have been purposely laid between the longitudinal timbers (av. diam. 0.1m). Large transverse planks (av. dims. L 3.6m; Wth 0.15m; D 0.2m) were laid across the longitudinal timbers and were held in place with sharpened stakes or pegs. Although largely destroyed by peat-milling, excavations in 1989 by Raftery (1990, 37-41) exposed a surviving portion of the togher (L 14m; Wth 4.5m max.). The structure appeared to be broadly similar to that described previously but with concentrations of brushwood (D 0.45m max.) more evident in the substructure; the orientation was recorded as ENE-WSW. This togher is comparable with the Iron Age road (LF022-058001-) at Corlea and is of similar date. Dendrochronological dating revealed a date of 156±9 BC (Q7931M). A portion of the togher inspected in 1999 by Dunne (1999) was found to be supported by a band of sandy/gravelly material. (Raftery 1996, Derraghan More, 94-104; Rynne 1996, 95-8)

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

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

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