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Road - class 1 togher

Derrymany, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 1 togher, Derrymany, 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
Derrymany
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.60195, -7.89271
SMR number
LF022-140----

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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

Originally recorded as a substantial and complex structure; excavation in 2002 revealed a togher (L 90m) orientated ENE-WSW. Its composition was unusual in that it comprised relatively small roundwood (diam. 0.08m max.) and brushwood, which may indicate that the bog was relatively dry at the time of its construction. Its size and orientation suggested that it most likely traversed the width of the bog. It yielded a date range of 300-200 BC (Whitaker 2009, 66). Further evidence of the togher (exposed L 2.6m; Wth 0.95m) was discovered some 51m to the SW as three closely set roundwoods with brushwood and twigs. (Whitaker 2004i, 352)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, 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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