Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - unclassified togher
Lurgoe, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurgoe
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59988, -7.72992
- SMR number
- TS054-074001-
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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
On flat bog with good views in all directions, Derrynaflan church (TS054-002----) and a togher (TS054-075----) located 350m and 100m to the SW and S respectively. Scattered remains of several trackways on surface of bog. At least four toghers connecting the bog islands of Derrynaflan to Derrynabrone were discovered by Ó Floinn in 1987 at a depth of 1.1m below the surface of the bog. These were uncovered during peat-milling operations on this bog. One of these was excavated and consisted of a trackway (Wth 1m) made from ash or hazel branches (max. L 4m; T 0.04-0.16m) laid in a single layer and held in place by vertical posts set 0.5m apart. Analysis of the pollen suggested a prehistoric date probably from the Bronze Age for these tracks (Ó Floinn 1988, 25).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Ó Floinn, R. 1988 'Derrynaflan', Lurgoe: togher. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1987: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 25. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.