Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Rathgarrett, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgarrett
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36571, -7.36245
- SMR number
- WM039-394----
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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
This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Toar Bog. It was a previously unrecorded togher, uncovered during the excavation of WM-TOR064a. It was located 0.86m below the field surface.
A single cutting was opened and excavated under licence 14E0294. The site was situated in moderate to well-humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum inclusions. It was dated to cal. 1214-980 BC (UBA 35503). The togher was 1.35m in width and 0.09m in depth. It was composed of longitudinal ash and alder brushwood and roundwoods with larger, heavy brushwood delineating the E and W sides. The majority of the elements were brushwood which were relatively well preserved, some having intact bark. They were laid two to three elements deep.
Compiled by: Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer
Date of upload: 28/02/2020
References
Whitaker, J. 2017 Final Excavation Report, Toar, Co. Westmeath (14E0278–14E0296). Unpublished report prepared by IAC Ltd submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.