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
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.25845, -7.64134
- SMR number
- OF016-078----
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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 3.2m; Wth 1.56m; D 0.22m) is orientated NNE-SSW and composed of compact light brushwood and roundwoods, 3-4 pieces deep in opposing drain faces It is flanked on the NW side by three roundwoods, one of which is of oak, and on the SE side by a half-split timber. The W side of the site diminishes to a band (Wth 0.43m) of longitudinal brushwood. A metal-cut chisel point was recorded. Wood species include hazel, ash, Pyrus/Malus, elm and alder. It is located within the transitional zone from fen to ombrotrophic peat. The site was dendrochronologically dated to 974±9 BC or later (Q9529).
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
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.