What is recorded here

Thirty-two metres of ash brushwood still lies crossed inside the Offaly peat, small enough to hide beneath a boot but long enough to span several human lives. The wood has milled into the spongy dark, reducing ancient craftsmanship to a faint linear shadow. It may belong to one of the neighbouring marks or it may be only a forgotten bundle of rods, yet the peat kept the shape when memory left it behind.

A dispersed and milled spread (L 32.43m; Wth 1.17m; D 0.04m) of brushwood orientated NW-SE on the field surface. All of the wood is orientated NE-SW. Ash was the only species identified. The material is present in well-humified Sphagnum peat. This material may be associated with SMR OF015-417---- to the S or SMR OF015-374----, to the SE. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1996. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.