Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Rattin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rattin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.43690, -7.17389
- SMR number
- WM034-031----
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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
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
- 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.