Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34577, -7.23535
- SMR number
- OF010-456----
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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
Four parallel pieces of brushwood and a small band of twigs (L 0.16m min.; Wth 0.72m; D 0.37m). The band of twigs (Wth 0.6m; D 0.1m) has three pieces of light brushwood below it and a heavier piece of brushwood above it. All of the wood is in poor condition. The site is in moderately humified Sphagnum peat rich in ericaceous remains. This is one of a number of sites running along the line of a possible palaeo-channel orientated in a N direction across the bog, including SMR OF010-457---- to the N. SMR OF010-452----, 4.7m to the E, is 0.26m below SMR OF010-456---- and SMR OF010-455----, 2m to the E, is 0.36m above it. 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
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.