What is recorded here
This togher (L 8.4m min.; Wth 2.2m; D 0.3m), noted in 1988, was orientated ENE-WSW. It consisted of a superstructure of tightly packed longitudinal roundwood and brushwood, beneath which was a substructure of longitudinal brushwood, a transverse oak plank, a half-split ash timber and a small concentration of wood-chips. Seven pegs were noted along its edges. Radiocarbon dated to 1680-1451 BC (3275±35 BP, GrN-16571) (Raftery 1996, Derryoghil 15, 142-3).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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