Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Derrinvullig, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrinvullig
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not inidcated
- Coordinates
- 53.25875, -7.64182
- SMR number
- OF016-067----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The site (L 1.1m min.; Wth 1.6m; D 0.2m) is orientated NE-SW and composed of compact heavy brushwood and light roundwoods in the drain face. The elements are longitudinally laid and are 3-4 pieces deep. The bulk of the material sits on a slight substructure of transverse, heavy brushwood. The main body of the site (Wth 1.1m) is secured on the NE side by two pegs. A number of toolmarks were recorded. Of the wood species identified, hazel was dominant, with alder, ash and willow also present. The site is in fen peat. The site has been radiocarbon dated to 381 BC-AD 22 (Beta-118033). It is located 0.24m above SMR OF018-043----, 0.25m and 3.3m NW of SMR OF018-041---- and SMR OF018-044----, respectively, and 4.5m and 3.3m SE of SMR OF018-046---- and SMR OF018-045----, respectively.
Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin).
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.