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Road - class 1 togher

Derrynabuntale,gorteenclareen, County Longford, Ireland

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Townland
Derrynabuntale,gorteenclareen
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.56089, -7.83415
SMR number
LF026-035----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 togher (L 465m; Wth 1.07m) was visible at 31 sightings in a drain face and on the bog surface in the SE portion of Edera Bog. It was orientated NE-SW and lay c. 200m to the S of and parallel to a trackway (LF026-033---) and a togher (LF026-034----). It was composed of densely laid roundwood and brushwood longitudinals underlain by transversely laid roundwood and brushwood. A small number of possible pegs were also recorded. Radiocarbon dating revealed a date range of AD 610-670. Another togher (LF026-036----), on the same orientation, ran across and above it, indicating that it was later in date. (Rohan 2009, 119-24, LF-EDR003-)

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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