Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Rathfeston, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathfeston
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26157, -7.25822
- SMR number
- OF018-116----
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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
A deposit of mixed brushwood, roundwoods and a peg on the field surface (L 3.15m; Wth 2.51m; D 0.05m). Four roundwoods are orientated NE-SW and are spaced between 0.3-0.76m apart. The remaining brushwood and roundwoods are irregularly laid. The peg is situated in the centre of the site and set at an angle of 85°. This site is very fragmentary and in a poor condition. It lies in poor to moderately humified Sphagnum peat with some Eriophorum and ericaceous remains. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2002. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument.
The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh
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.