Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Curraghalassa, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghalassa
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27990, -7.75935
- SMR number
- OF015-180----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Two pieces (Wth 0.28m; D 0.12m) of brushwood (diam. 0.035-0.05m) the drain face. One piece is of ash, the other of hazel. The pieces in the drain face are situated in two different peat strata and, therefore, may not be related. The lower piece sits in well-humified Sphagnum peat containing Menyanthes seeds. The upper piece is found in moderately humified Sphagnum peat. A displaced piece of worked brushwood on an adjacent field surface may have derived from this location. 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
- Structure - peatlandunder 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.