Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killavally
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36823, -7.38644
- SMR number
- WM039-122----
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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
A deposit of brushwood and twigs (Wth 1.6m; D 0.3m) in opposing drain faces. The wood is concentrated in a band (Wth 0.8m) and is up to five elements deep, with the twigs concentrated on the SW side. The wood is in good condition and both chisel and wedge points are noted. This material is set within poorly humified Sphagnum and Eriophorum peat. The site is located near SMR WM039-028---- and SMR WM039-114----, 1.6m and 3.1m to the SW, respectively.
Date of upload: 09 August 2013
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.