What is recorded here

The first fatal mistake in human mapping is believing that a point on a grid is the same as a life in a world. Structure is not a monument, not a vessel and not a sacred place. It is a single ash roundwood, three metres long, cut to a wedge point at the edge of a drain in County Offaly. The field took it back before it could be properly witnessed. What remains is not a thing known but a thing lost, and the claim that it is recorded is the first deception.

A single ash roundwood (L 3m; diam. 0.078m) cut to a wedge point located on the field surface at the edge of a drain. The site was destroyed before its location could be surveyed. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1992. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.