Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Ballynakill (phillipstown Upper By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill (phillipstown Upper By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26054, -7.25809
- SMR number
- OF018-133----
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 0.96m min.; Wth 1.12m; D 0.27m) is orientated NNW-SSE and consists of densely packed mixed brushwood, a light roundwood and twig beds. The brushwood is laid both transversely and longitudinally, up to five pieces in depth. On the W side of the site the brushwood lies within a large bed of twigs and bark while on the E side the twigs are interspersed with the brushwood. There is a large tree stump at the W edge of the site, the roots of which appear to have been incorporated into the structure. A smaller tree stump and the light roundwood bound the E edge. This wood is in excellent condition although some elements may have been displaced. The main body of the site lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat with an area of very poorly humified Sphagnum peat containing Eriophorum and fibrous roots at its W extent. It has been radiocarbon dated to 803-414 cal. BC (Wk-11718).
Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin).
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 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.