Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
Derrynabuntale,gorteenclareen, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrynabuntale,gorteenclareen
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56270, -7.83725
- SMR number
- LF026-033----
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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 trackway (L 660m; Wth 0.6-9m; D 0.33-1.07m), orientated ENE-WSW, was visible at 43 sightings in a drain face across the SE portion of Edera Bog. It ran on a similar orientation and to the N of a togher (LF026-034----), the two separating further as they extended to the SW. The composition of the trackway varied somewhat along its length but it was generally composed of densely packed stone, marl and gravel. At some sightings brushwood was recorded below the gravel and stones, suggesting that it may have been laid down as a foundation. Radiocarbon dating revealed a date range of AD 690-880. (Rohan 2009, 108-15, LF-EDR001-)
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 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 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.