Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Rattin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rattin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.44274, -7.19426
- SMR number
- WM034-024----
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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
Twenty pieces of mixed brushwood (Wth 1.52m; D 0.43m). The majority of the pieces are parallel and closely set. Six pieces are scattered at a lower level. The wood is in poor condition and there is a single metal-cut toolmark evident. The main body of the site lies within poorly humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. The lower elements sit in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. SMR WM034-023---- is located 2.4m to the NE and SMR WM034-025---- lies 3.6m to the SW.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.