Structure - peatland

The National Monuments Service's description

A deposit of brushwood and a yoke fragment (01E0663:3) on the field surface (L 1.24m; Wth 0.62m; D 0.11m). The site consisted of eight pieces of irregularly laid brushwood (diam. 0.012-0.051m), set two pieces deep. The heaviest pieces were situated to the S and the lighter elements dominated the N extent of the site. The brushwood were widely spaced with the artefact deposited among the lightest elements to the N. The yoke fragment (L 0.56m; Wth 0.16m; D 0.08m min.) was recovered and is a finely carved composite object of wood and leather. The main body consists of the curved terminal end of the yoke with the remains of a perforated shaft. This is attached to a semi-circular wooden toggle by a leather strap looped through a perforation at the end of the main body, secured by a piece of a dressed brushwood. The site was in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum. Small woody roots were evident within the peat to the SE. Radiocarbon dated to 889-543 cal. BC (UCD 0211). A horn (01E0663: 24), was recovered 26.7m to the E. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2001. 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