Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36623, -7.38590
- SMR number
- WM039-255----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
An irregular arrangement (Wth 1.66m; D 0.27m) of brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.05m), roundwoods (diam. 0.07-0.1m) and occasional twigs. The wood is densely deposited but there is no structural evidence. Woodworking is evidenced by a single chisel point. The wood is in moderate condition and sits in moderately humified Sphagnum peat containing pockets of Eriophorum. The site is located 4.2m to the NE of the S end of SMR WM039-180----.
Date of upload: 15 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 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.