Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Ballydaly, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydaly
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28167, -7.76121
- SMR number
- OF015-151----
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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
An arrangement (Wth 1.31m; D 0.22m) of three oak planks, which appear to be orientated E-W, and a small amount of brushwood. The planks (Wth 0.17-0.2m; D 0.05-0.09m) are widely spaced and vary slightly in their levels within the peat with no clear structure apparent. Distinct toolmarks are not recorded. It is situated in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Calluna and Eriophorum. This site has been dendrochronologically dated to AD 624±9 (Q9286). It is located c. 4m NW of SMR OF015-150----. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1996. 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.