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Structure - peatland

Lemanaghan, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Structure - peatland, 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
53.28469, -7.75887
SMR number
OF015-196----

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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

A deposit (Wth 3m; D 0.28m) of brushwood, twigs and a plank in opposing drain faces. Towards the NW end of the deposit, the wood is more concentrated and consists of irregularly laid twigs and light brushwood, (Wth 0.76m). The plank, (Wth 0.14; D 0.06m) is tangentially split and located to the SE of this concentration at a slightly higher level. Further to the SE, a number of heavier brushwood pieces are noted. A clear structure cannot be discerned and the relationship between the components is difficult to ascertain. Evidence for woodworking and branch-trimming is present. Wood species include hazel, birch, alder and ash. The site is located within moderately humified Sphagnum peat. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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