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Road - class 3 togher

Rattin, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Rattin, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rattin
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.43690, -7.17389
SMR number
WM034-031----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The site (L 3.74m min.; Wth 1.23m min.; D 0.1m) is orientated NE-SW and consists of a hurdle panel of approximately twenty transverse sails (diam. 0.015-0.05m) which occur in groups of two or three. Woven around the sails are approximately ten rods (diam. 0.02-0.04m). The site rises slightly at its SW extent where there are a further six possible sails. The wood is in moderate condition and there are a number of metal-cut toolmarks present. Nineteen pieces were identified as hazel. This site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum. Radiocarbon dated to 2113-1740 cal. BC (UCD0207).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 26 July 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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