Road - class 3 togher

The National Monuments Service's description

This site was located in the industrial peatlands of Toar Bog. It was recorded in the 2013 Re-assessment Peatland Survey as a longitudinally laid brushwood togher, orientated NNE–SSW, and exposed for a length of 10m on the field surface (Whitaker 2014).

A single cutting was opened and excavated under licence 14E0292. A fragment of ash was chosen for AMS dating and returned a result of cal. 1107–923 BC (UBA 22624). Due to damage, not much peat cover was remaining. The excavated elements were machine damaged from field surface exposure. The fragmentary remains consisted of closely placed, mainly N-S orientated ash, hazel and birch brushwood elements (max. L0.9m), covering an area 0.84–2.22m in width, with occasional E-W orientated elements noted. A total of eight worked ends were recorded, all of which were simple chisel points with slightly concave facets.

Compiled by: Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer

Date of upload: 28/02/2020

References

Whitaker, J. 2014 Re‐assessment Peatland Survey 2013, Blackwater, Boora, Derrydreenagh, Mountdillon Group of Bogs, County Offaly, Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon. Unpublished report prepared by ADS for Bord na Móna.

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 Unpublished report prepared by IAC Ltd submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.