Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Rattin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rattin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.43660, -7.17427
- SMR number
- WM034-032----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 2.62m min.; Wth 1.09m; D 0.06m) is orientated E-W and composed of six closely spaced, longitudinal roundwoods (diam. 0.07-0.13m). The wood is in good condition and there is a single chisel point evident. The site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.