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Road - class 3 togher

Lemanaghan, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, 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
53.28411, -7.75778
SMR number
OF015-260----

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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 band of (Wth 2.4m; D 0.45m) brushwood and roundwoods in opposing drain faces. The pieces are mainly orientated N-S. The brushwood (diam. 0.022-0.047m) is laid 2-3 pieces deep. It is found between, above and below the roundwoods. A number of pieces sit upright at angles of c. 45° and may have functioned as pegs. Numerous pieces have been cut to chisel points. Wood species include birch, alder and hazel. The site is located in moderately humified Sphagnum and Eriophorum peat containing some ericaceous remains and fibrous roots. A radially split oak plank is recorded c. 0.75m to the S of the main concentration and is orientated E-W. The association between the plank and the site is uncertain but it is possible that the plank is related to SMR OF015-198----, SMR OF015-199---- or OF-LEM 144 located in the adjacent drain to the NE, all of which contain similar plank elements. The plank has been dendrochronologically dated to AD 589±9 or later (Q9285) which is comparable to a dendrochronological date from SMR OF015-200----.

Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin).

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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