Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 2 togher
Corlea, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corlea
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61971, -7.85109
- SMR number
- LF022-080----
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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
Originally recorded as a loose band (exposed L 35.5m; Wth 2.5m; T 0.3m) of small and large brushwood, along with at least two roundwoods, extending roughly at right angles into both the E and W drain faces (Dunne 1999, 13, 99LBW0033A). It was orientated ENE-WSW. Two cuttings were excavated along its length revealing that the togher was constructed with longitudinal roundwood, brushwood and twigs (Wth 0.95-2.5m; T 0.3m); the roundwoods were sometimes arranged in pairs. A large number of pegs and posts were used and these displayed a variety of worked ends. Many of the tips were blunted and buckled from impinging on lower elements of the structure. (Dunne 2000n, 207)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.