Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killavally
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36799, -7.38640
- SMR number
- WM039-116----
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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
An irregular spread of brushwood on the field surface which is partially milled (L 1.07m min.; Wth 0.64m min.; D 0.09m min.). The site is composed of light brushwood which overlies some heavier brushwood, set 0.12-1.04m apart. The material on the E side dips slightly into the peat. There is no clear orientation of the elements. The site is set in moderately humified Sphagnum peat containing fibrous remains with Eriophorum on either side of the deposit. It is situated 3.1m SW of SMR WM039-117----, 3m NE of SMR WM039-119---- and in the opposing drain face to SMR WM039-129----.
Date of upload: 09 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.