Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Moydrum Or Bogstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moydrum Or Bogstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.43172, -7.08836
- SMR number
- ME046-065----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
A brushwood and roundwood structure exposed on the surface. It consists of two pieces of heavy brushwood and one stake towards the centre of the field 4m from the drain edge. The wood is visible within an area 4 square metres . All pieces are damaged and in poor condition. The brushwood each measure 0.06m in diameter and are 0.25-1.3m long. The stake is 0.02m in diameter and was sampled for radiocarbon dating. (Bermingham 2014)
Compiled by: David O’Connor
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 Unpublished report commissioned by the National Monuments Service.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.