Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
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
- 53.29880, -7.09497
- SMR number
- OF019-047----
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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 sparse deposit of brushwood (L 5.23m; Wth 2.6m; D 0.06m). The brushwood (diam. 0.012-0.058m) is irregularly laid and widely spaced. There are approximately thirty pieces located at its E end and approximately ten pieces at its W end with no woodworking evident. Some of the brushwood has been partially damaged by machinery and in places there are cavities within the peat where pieces of brushwood have been removed by milling. The site lies in moderately humified Sphagnum peat. SMR OF019-043----, lies c. 50m to the E. 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
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.