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Road - class 3 togher

Ballynakill (Phillipstown Upper By.), County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Ballynakill, County Offaly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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