Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36619, -7.38415
- SMR number
- WM039-262----
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 (L 8.7m; Wth 1.8m; D 0.15m) is orientated NNW-SSE and is composed of brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.055m) and heavy twigs. The elements are arranged longitudinally, with occasional transverse pieces occurring singly or in pairs at intervals of c. 0.6m. The transverse pieces run both above and below the longitudinal elements but there is no indication of a regular weave. The wood is densest towards the centre of the site over a width of c. 0.9m and is 4-5 elements deep. Numerous pieces are cut to chisel points and there is one example of a wedge point. Wood species include willow, alder, birch, Pomoideae and hazel. The wood is in good condition and sits in well-humified Sphagnum peat containing root fibres and occasional Eriophorum. The site extends across the E end of SMR WM039-232----.
Date of upload: 15 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 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.