Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Rathfeston, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathfeston
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26232, -7.30258
- SMR number
- OF018-110----
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 (Wth 2.8m; D 0.7m) is constructed of brushwood (diam. 0.015-0.05m), roundwoods (diam. 0.065-0.08m), and beds of twigs. The elements are irregularly laid, densely packed and up to fifteen pieces deep. The majority of pieces are concentrated towards the centre of the site with the heavier elements dominating the upper and central areas. A possible timber fragment and a sandy mineral deposit are also incorporated into the site. A number of elements have degraded chisel points. The site is in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains and fibrous roots.
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
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.