Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killavally
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36808, -7.38734
- SMR number
- WM039-081----
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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 (Wth 1.13m; D 0.15m) is orientated N-S and composed of mixed brushwood and pegs. The centre of the site is densely packed with irregularly arranged light brushwood overlain by transverse, heavier brushwood. One side of the site is heavily damaged, the other is flanked by up to ten pegs set at 80-90°. Metal toolmarks are evident on a number of pieces cut to chisel and wedge points and a number of torn strips are recorded. Wood species include hazel and holly. The site is set in well-humified Sphagnum peat. SMR WM039-082---- is located in the opposite drain face 4.3m to the N of this site.
Date of upload: 08 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.