Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 1 togher
Mayne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mayne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69346, -7.39804
- SMR number
- WM002-039----
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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
Discovered in 2006 in the course of excavating a togher in Mayne bog (WM002-038----). It was recorded at the same level as the excavated section of the togher and was oriented E-W. It was composed mainly of longitudinally placed brushwoods and varies in width from 1.3m to 2.9m and had an overall length of 383m.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 7 April 2014
References
Whitaker, J. and Leahy, D. 2007 Preliminary report on the excavation of a plank trackway in Mayne Bog, Co. Westmeath. Unpublished report (License number 06E0928), January 2007. National Monuments Service.
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.