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
- 53.28255, -7.75947
- SMR number
- OF015-250----
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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 radially split plank (Wth 0.12m; D 0.08m) near the bottom of the drain face. A single piece of brushwood lies in a displaced position on the field surface above and may be related to this site. The timber lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat. It has been dendrochronologically dated to AD 587±9 or later (Q9284). This dates compares directly with that from SMR OF015-247----, located 26.9m to the NW, which incorporates radially split oak timbers. It is highly possible that these sites are related. SMR OF015-249---- is located 2.2m SE of this site at a higher level 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
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
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- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.