
What is recorded here
This togher (L 220m; Wth 1.25m; D 0.25m), noted in 1986, consisted of two layers of tightly packed longitudinal brushwood and roundwood between which were transverse roundwoods. The orientation was ENE-WSW. Pegs lined the edge of the togher. Radiocarbon dated to 1366-1052 BC (2970±30 BP, GrN-13666). (Raftery 1990, 18-19; 1996, Corlea 2, 55-60)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin.
The attached image was taken by Prof. Barry Raftery and is uploaded courtesy of the Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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