Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36666, -7.38578
- SMR number
- WM039-202----
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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 small deposit (Wth 0.6m; D 0.12m) of brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.045m) laid one rod deep. The pieces are set 0.05-0.1m apart and do not form a coherent structure. Some of the wood shows evidence for breaking and tearing. It is in moderate condition and sits in poorly humified Sphagnum peat containing ericaceous remains and fibrous roots. The site is located 0.1m below SMR WM039-332----, 0.25m SW of SMR WM039-186---- and 1m to the NE of SMR WM039-333----.
Date of upload: 13 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 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.