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Road - class 3 togher

Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Pallasboy, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Pallasboy
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.36680, -7.38590
SMR number
WM039-328----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The site (Wth 1m min.; D 0.2m) consists of a deposit of brushwood interspersed with beds of twigs. Most of the elements are orientated approximately N-S. The deposit is up to three pieces deep, and the pieces (diam. 0.01-0.045m) are in good condition. There are two small pieces of gravel evident in the centre of the site and a chisel point was recorded. The site is set in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with some Eriophorum and ericaceous remains with a higher proportion of ericaceous remains surrounding the site. This site is located immediately to the NE of SMR WM039-329---- and SMR WM039-330---- and 3.3m SW of SMR WM039-325----.

Date of upload: 21 August 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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