What is recorded here

Six brushwood pieces, trimmed with tools, still lie scattered across a two-metre drain face in County Offaly. They may be the broken edge of a larger structure, now lost beneath peat and time. The peat itself is alive with fibrous roots and faint traces of ericaceous plants, holding what little remains of human hands in its dark, spongy grasp.

A dispersed, irregular spread of six pieces of brushwood in the drain face (Wth 2.7m min.; D 0.38m) with further material in the vicinity. The site may be denser than it appears with some elements broken off. Most of the elements examined had evidence of toolmarks or branch-trimming. The site is in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with fibrous roots and occasional ericaceous remains. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2001. 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

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