Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Lea Beg, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lea Beg
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20587, -7.72376
- SMR number
- OF023-026----
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
Five roundwoods and six pieces of heavy brushwood (L 3m; Wth 1.18m) orientated approximately NE-SW and evident in the base of a drain. The material is slightly dispersed and partially displaced by machinery. The wood is in good condition. Degraded toolmarks were recorded on two roundwoods. The site was set in moderately humified Sphagnum peat containing Eriophorum, Menyanthes seeds and ericaceous remains. It has been radiocarbon dated to 1258-916 cal. BC (UCD-9929). Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1998. 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
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Habitation site2 mi
- Ringfort - rath2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.