Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36740, -7.38693
- SMR number
- WM039-152----
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 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
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.