Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killavally
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36844, -7.38758
- SMR number
- WM039-090----
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 (Wth 0.55m; D 0.53m) is orientated NW-SE and composed of planks, light brushwood and a tree trunk. The majority of elements are longitudinally laid. The timbers are closely set with the brushwood loosely distributed around them. The trunk (diam. 0.26m max.) is of elm and a hazelnut was recovered from beneath it. Three planks are radially split and two are further trimmed to a lozenge-shaped section. Other woodworking is indicated by a number of chisel points and a wedge point and there is evidence for branch-trimming. Wood species include hazel, ash, alder and oak. The wood is in good condition and sits in well-humified Sphagnum peat containing plant rhizomes. The site is located 1.25m to the N of SMR WM039-089---- in the opposite drain face.
Date of upload: 08 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 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.