Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36692, -7.38500
- SMR number
- WM039-326----
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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 small collection of mixed brushwood and three small deposits of twigs (L 1.6m min.; Wth 0.63m; D 0.07m). The lighter brushwood is concentrated at the NE end of the site. The pieces are partially milled and broken and are orientated NW-SE. The heavier pieces do not share a common orientation. A single chisel point is noted. The site is set within poorly humified Sphagnum with pockets of Eriophorum and some ericaceous remains. SMR WM039-242---- is located 3.4m to the SW.
Date of upload: 21 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 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.