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Road - class 1 togher

Cooldorragh (Garrycastle By.),Corracullin, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 1 togher, Cooldorragh, Corracullin, County Offaly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cooldorragh (Garrycastle By.),Corracullin
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.33959, -7.78307
SMR number
OF007-182----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This site (L 391.75m min.; Wth 0.54m; D 0.095m) is orientated NNE-SSW and consists of three parallel pieces of roundwood laid longitudinally. The roundwoods (L 3.82 max.; diam. 0.06-0.115m) were set approximately 0.2-0.3m apart. Only two or three pieces were evident at each sighting. Two of the roundwoods have been identified as alder with evidence of wedge shaped ends with the third piece having a chisel shaped toolmark. The wood was set in poorly humified peat with frequent Sphagnum, Eriophorum and pockets of ericaceous remains. The site has been radiocarbon dated to cal. AD 427-661 (Beta-118032).

Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin).

Date of upload: 23 May 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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