Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland

The National Monuments Service's description

This gravel road (Wth 2-2-2.7m; T 0.27m; L 30m min.) was composed of compact sandy gravel with occasional larger stone inclusions. It was orientated WNW-ESE and was visible at three sightings, on the surface and in drain faces across three production fields. It was located at the N end of Mountdillon Bog where it extended into the bank face at the eastern limit of the bog. The uncut bog into which the site continues extends for approximately 40m, thereby indicating that the site is most likely preserved in situ within this area. It is very likely to be the sole surviving section of the gravel road (RO030-015----) which extended E-W across the bog in the 1950s. (Whitaker 2011; Rohan and Whitaker 2020)

Compiled by: Michael Moore/Jane Whittaker

Date of upload: 20th June, 2011.
Amended: 29 October 020

References

Whitaker, J. 2011 Mountdillon and Derrycashel bogs, Cloontuskert/ Curraghroe/Derrycashel/Derryhanee/Erra: peatland survey. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2011: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 305, No. 1028. Dublin. Wordwell.

Rohan, N. and Whitaker, J. 2020 Final excavation report for Mountdillon Bog. Licence: 10E0338. Unpublished report, IAC