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Structure - peatland

Derryad (Eglish By.), County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Structure - peatland, Derryad, 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
Derryad (Eglish By.)
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.18018, -7.82614
SMR number
OF030-056----

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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

Thirteen pieces of mixed brushwood, laid two pieces deep, and a light roundwood (L 2.9m; Wth 0.29m; D 0.06m) in the drain face. Approximately half the elements are orientated NNE-SSW while the others are orientated NNW-SSE. The wood is widely spaced for the most part but a number of elements to the N are closely spaced and appear to interwoven. One upright element set at 50° angles may be a peg or indicate disturbance. The site is in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum. 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

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

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