Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Pallasboy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasboy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36642, -7.38624
- SMR number
- WM039-336----
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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 piece of brushwood and an upright set 0.41m apart (Wth 0.5m; D 0.02m). The upright (diam. 0.027m) is set at an 80° angle, with the top broken and the base extending into the peat. The piece of brushwood is half-split and has a metal-cut chisel point. The wood is in moderate condition in well-humified Sphagnum peat containing fibrous remains. SMR WM039-335---- is 0.08m below this site and SMR WM039-183---- is located 2.5m to the SW.
Date of upload: 21 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.