Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Lemanaghan, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lemanaghan
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28346, -7.76075
- SMR number
- OF015-192----
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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
A dispersed arrangement (Wth 2.48m; D 0.43m) of mixed brushwood and a roundwood in the drain face. While the wood tends to be orientated N-S but does not form a coherent structure. A metal-cut wedge point is noted on the roundwood. Wood species identified include birch, alder and hazel. The site crosses a number of peat strata and the components are unlikely to be contemporary. A piece of worked brushwood is noted on an adjacent field surface. It is not certain if this is related to the feature in the drain face. 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
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.