Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - unclassified togher
Togher (phillipstown Lower By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Togher (phillipstown Lower By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Togher of Croghan
- Coordinates
- 53.33766, -7.23371
- SMR number
- OF010-018----
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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
Modern roadway appears to run on line of togher as indicated on OS 6-inch map. In low lying boggy area with no visible evidence of ancient roadway.(P.R.I.A. 1985C, 49).
O'Donovan states that this tochar or pass through the bogs still remains and was guarded by a castle (see OF010-019 and OF010-018----) (Lucas 1985, 49).
Modern roadway appears to run on line of togher as indicated on OS 6-inch map. In low-lying boggy area with no visible evidence of ancient roadway. (Lucas 1985, 49)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.