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Road - class 2 togher

Lisdermot, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 2 togher, Lisdermot, 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
Lisdermot
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.29806, -7.80145
SMR number
OF015-325----

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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 brushwood structure (L 59.82m; Wth 1.26m; D 0.35m) orientated NNE-SSW and evident at three sightings on the field surface and in the drain face. The structure is most cohesive at the most NE sighting where it consists of a dense deposit of brushwood and occasional twigs which tapers to either side. The brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.047m) appears to be largely orientated NE-SW. The wood is in good condition. Metal-cut toolmarks occur on some of the pieces. Wood species include hazel, birch, willow, oak, ash, alder and Crataegus. The site was radiocarbon dated to cal. AD 1058-1285 (Beta-118031). The site is set in poorly humified Sphagnum containing ericaceous matter and Eriophorum. At the most SE sighting, it occurs less than 0.1m below SMR OF015-446---- and at the NW, it is situated at the base level of SMR OF015-447----.
This site was first discovered in July 1996 where all of the material in this area was thought to indicate a single site. Further examination in 1997 indicated a series of smaller structures. Included within this area are SMR OF015-430----, SMR OF015-346----, SMR OF015-365----, SMR OF015-414----, SMR OF015-446----, SMR OF015-447---- and SMR OF015-448----.

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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