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Road - class 3 togher

Lemanaghan, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Lemanaghan, 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
Lemanaghan
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.29465, -7.72535
SMR number
OF015-074----

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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

The site (L 1.5m min.; Wth 0.88m; D 0.12m) consists of light, closely-spaced brushwood, laid 3-4 pieces deep, with six possible pegs on the field surface. Occasional transverse pieces are also incorporated into the structure. The site tapers in width from 1.55-0.3m from N-S. The pegs are set at 20-50° and are located around the outer limits of the site. Although initially recorded as pegs it would seem likely that a number of the elements were originally in a horizontal position but have since been disturbed by milling. Woodworking is evidenced by metal-cut chisel points on a number of pieces. Wood species identified include alder, hazel and birch. The site is in well-humified Sphagnum peat.

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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