Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Ballykilleen (coolestown By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykilleen (coolestown By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29890, -7.09454
- SMR number
- OF019-046----
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 10.3m min.; Wth 1.15m min.; D 0.14m) is orientated NE-SW on the field surface. It consists of transverse brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.045m) and one roundwood (diam. 0.085m) with two pegs. In general, the wood is closely spaced and one to two pieces deep. Both pegs are set at 45° and are 0.3m apart. They are positioned 0.8-1m in from the E edge of the site. The site lies in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains.
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
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.