Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 2 togher
Derryglogher, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryglogher
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62147, -7.88902
- SMR number
- LF022-128----
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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 togher complex (L 12.5m) orientated NNW-SSE and evident both on the field surface and in a drain face (Dunne 1999, 14, 99DR0001A). The remains consisted of a number of separate features, which may or may not have been part of one overall togher. Excavation in 2001 revealed the togher (L 60m; Wth 3.5m) to be Neolithic in date (2916 BC), orientated NE-SW, and composed of roundwood (diam. 0.08-0.15m) with a base of brushwood (diam. av. 0.03m) (Whitaker 2009, 14). The upper surface was constructed of approximately 30 relatively large roundwoods placed longitudinally. The layers were compacted together to form a stable walking surface across the bog. No pegs or transverse supports were recorded in the cuttings.
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 - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.