Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Lemanaghan, County Offaly, Ireland
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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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
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
- Road - class 3 togherunder 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.