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Road - class 3 togher

Ballykilleen (Coolestown By.), County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Ballykilleen, 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
Ballykilleen (Coolestown By.)
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.29615, -7.09466
SMR number
OF019-028----

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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)
  • 1799 · 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 3.15m; Wth 1.917m; D 0.085m) consists of a stout hurdle panel and densely packed, mixed brushwood with occasional twigs. Most of the elements are regularly laid and orientated E-W. The remainder are orientated N-S but the overall site orientation is indiscernible. The hurdle appears to be of single sail construction and consists of two sails (diam. 0.039-0.048m) and at least twenty-four rods (diam. 0.019-0.035m). There is also a piece of brushwood that runs diagonally beneath the rods. In general, the wood is in good condition but some elements are milled and fragmented or desiccated. The site lies in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with some Eriophorum and ericaceous remains. Radiocarbon dated to 1372-975 cal. BC (Wk-11725). SMR OF019-029---- is 2.3m to the W and SMR OF019-027---- is 2.5m to the E.

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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