Road - class 2 togher

The National Monuments Service's description

A linear roundwood trackway built using longitudinally-laid roundwoods 0.06–0.23m wide and 0.06–0.08m in diameter. The trackway was traced for 45m and was visible in four consecutive drain faces. It lies between 0.17-0.69m below the field surface and was situated within raised bog peats (Bermingham 2014).

The site was excavated in 2015 (licence: 15E0163) and dated to cal. 1660-1501 BC (UBA-26635). It consisted of a short length of a single hazel roundwood oriented E-W. Two roundwood elements were exposed in the extended cutting on the production field to the E of the drain. These were laid end-to-end and oriented E–W as well. One of the elements showed toolmarked ends on both sides (Whitaker 2017).

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

Date of upload: 21 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 Unpublished report commissioned by the National Monuments Service.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 Unpublished report prepared by IAC Ltd submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.