Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36585, -7.38363
- SMR number
- WM039-269----
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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 sparse, irregular deposit of mixed brushwood and occasional twigs (L 3m; Wth 3.2m; D 0.25m). There is evidence for woodworking and branch-trimming. The wood is in a poor condition as a result of machine damage. The site is situated in poorly humified Sphagnum peat containing Eriophorum and ericaceous remains. The site is located 1.4m to the SW of SMR WM039-355----.
Date of upload: 15 August 2013
Nearby in the register
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- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.