Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36680, -7.38590
- SMR number
- WM039-328----
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 (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
- Structure - peatlandunder 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.