Road - class 3 togher

The National Monuments Service's description

This site was located in the industrial peatlands of Cloonshannagh Bog. It was first recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as a hurdle panel exposed on the field surface (Whitaker 2014).

The site was excavated in 2014 (licence 14E0264). It was dated to cal. AD 257–410. The excavated site consisted of at least three, and possibly four, hurdle panels laid transversely. The panels had been laid from the W, with each subsequent panel slightly overlying the previous one.
The W panel was nearest to the drain edge and its W extent had been disturbed by milling. It was constructed with occasional double sails, and the weave was standard alternate under-over type. The second and central panel showed no evidence of double sails, although the weave was similar. The third panel was located in the E of the cutting and was similar in construction to the central panel. The wood species was identified as predominantly hazel, with very occasional ash, and a single piece of oak (Coughlan and Whitaker 2019).

Compiled by: Femke Vleeshouwer/Jane Whitaker/Tim Coughlan

Date of upload: 16 April 2020

References

Coughlan, T & Whitaker, J 2019 Final excavation report Cloonshannagh Bog, Co Roscommon. Bord na Mona Peatland Archaeological Services 2014-2017. Unpublished report submitted to DOEHLG & BnM

Whitaker, J. 2014 Re‐assessment Peatland Survey 2013, Blackwater, Boora, Derrydreenagh, Mountdillon Group of Bogs, County Offaly, Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon. Unpublished report prepared by ADS for Bord na Móna.