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Road - class 3 togher

Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Killavally, 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
Killavally
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.36819, -7.38750
SMR number
WM039-086----

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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 1.09m; Wth 0.56m; D 0.08m) is orientated NNW-SSE and consists of the partial remains of a hurdle panel. The rods (diam. 0.01-0.02m), are 2-3 pieces deep and arranged in a single weave. A pair of sails (diam. 0.02-0.022m) are located at the S end of the site and the fragment of a single sail is evident towards the N end. The panel is overlain by a bed of twigs (L 0.31m; Wth; 0.15m; D 0.02m). Woodworking is noted on one of the sails. The site is in poor condition having been disturbed by machinery particularly towards the its N. The S end of the site, however, may have been damaged in antiquity. Wood species include hazel and alder. Radiocarbon dated to cal. AD 1310-1483 (UCD-0142). It sits in moderately humified Sphagnum peat containing Eriophorum, ericaceous remains and fibrous roots. At its N end, there is a patch of poorly humified Sphagnum peat. SMR WM039-023---- is located 2.3m to the E of the site.

Date of upload: 08 August 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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