Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36622, -7.38355
- SMR number
- WM039-295----
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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 16.1m; Wth 2.46m) is orientated E-W and consists of brushwood (diam. 0.015-0.055m), roundwoods (diam. 0.08-0.09m) and occasional twigs. The elements are transversely laid and widely spaced. Woodworking is evidenced by wedge points and there is evidence of branch-trimming on a number of elements. The site is situated in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum and fibrous roots. The site is adjacent to SMR WM039-268---- and SMR WM039-294---- is located c. 3m to the SW.
Date of upload: 16 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 3 togherunder 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.