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Road - class 3 togher

Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Pallasboy, 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
Pallasboy
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.36740, -7.38693
SMR number
WM039-152----

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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 (Wth 2.5m; D 0.5m) is orientated NNE-SSW and consists of two dispersed layers of material. The upper layer (Wth 2.5m; D 0.18m) is composed of two roundwoods, one piece of brushwood and occasional twigs. The roundwoods and brushwood are longitudinally laid and widely spaced. Woodworking is evidenced by one piece of brushwood with a chisel point. The lower layer (D 0.32m) is composed of brushwood and twigs. Woodworking is evidenced by a number of pieces with chisel points. Wood species include birch, hazel and willow. The site is situated in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with fibrous roots and ericaceous roots. This site is 1.7m SW of SMR WM039-153----.

Date of upload: 12 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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