Structure - peatland

The National Monuments Service's description

A heavy roundwood and brushwood structure consisting of four heavy roundwoods and one piece of heavy brushwood exposed in section in the drain face 0.4m below the surface. The elements form a coherent horizon, one to two elements deep. Three of them form a tight group towards the centre of the structure. All elements are horizontal and longitudinally-laid. The structure is visible in the opposing drain face and both sightings lie within raised bog peats with Eriophorum (Bermingham 2014).

The site was excavated in 2015 (licence: 15E0175) and dated to cal. 1664-1464 BC (UBA-26632). The excavated site was composed of two heavy NW-SE oriented roundwoods, with split alder timber fragments and associated smaller roundwood and brushwood elements located between them. A N–S oriented split timber was located at their E extent. The entire site measured 0.42–1.35m in width and 2.6m in length. The wood was generally in poor condition and only two toolmarked ends were noted (Whitaker 2017).

Compiled by: David O’Connor, Edited by: Femke Vleeshouwer, 8th April 2020

Date of upload: 20 November 2014

References

Bermingham, N. 2014 Archaeological Survev of Ireland. Peatland Survey 2013: Kinnegad (Rossan), Co. Meath. Final Archaeological Survey Report, August 2014 (Licence number 13E0426). Unpublished report commissioned by the National Monuments Service.

Whitaker, J. 2017 Final Excavation Report, Kinnegad Bog, Co. Meath (15E0160–15E0177). Unpublished report prepared by IAC Ltd submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.