Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 2 togher
Killoran (moyne Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killoran (moyne Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.74813, -7.67198
- SMR number
- TN036-050058-
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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
Situated on flat bogland. This site consisted of a narrow linear trackway (L 69.5m; Wth 1.5m) constructed of longitudinally laid roundwood one layer deep. The trackway was dated to between 838 and 799 BC. (Murray 1999, Killoran 69, 64-5)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.