Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Killaghintober, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killaghintober
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32031, -7.76286
- SMR number
- OF007-110----
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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 deposit of roundwoods, brushwood and a radially split oak plank (Wth 2.8m; D 0.28m) in opposing drain faces. The elements are widely spaced and irregularly laid. Woodworking is evidenced by worked ends and branch-trimming on a number of brushwood pieces. The site is situated in well-humified Sphagnum peat with some Eriophorum. The plank was dendrochronologically dated to 956±9 BC or later (Q9521). The site is located c. 1.5m S of SMR OF007-085----, a plank togher which produced dendrochronological dates ranging from 1027±9 BC or later (Q9517) to 954±9 BC or later (Q9518). The two sites may be related. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1997. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument.
The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.