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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
53.36664, -7.38631
SMR number
WM039-247----

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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 (L 2.6m; Wth 1.29m min.; D 0.32m) consists of heavy brushwood, roundwoods, planks and occasional twigs and appears to be orientated NE-SW. The elements are transversely laid 3-4 pieces deep and 1-2 pieces wide. While the wood mostly forms a level platform, a small number of pieces lie above the general level of the site, resulting in an uneven surface. At the E edge of the site the wood is less compactly arranged. Evidence for woodworking with a metal tool is attested by the presence of a small number of chisel points and two tangentially split planks. Wood species include willow, birch, hazel, alder and ash. Radiocarbon dated to cal. AD 901-1159 (UCD-0148). The wood is in good condition and sits in moderately humified Sphagnum peat containing Eriophorum and fibrous roots. This site is 1.7m to the NE of the S end of SMR WM039-185---- and 1.3m SW of SMR WM039-323---- to which it may be related.

Date of upload: 14 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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