Road

A wooden trackway crossed Timahoe Bog on an ESE-WNW orientation linking dry ground near Ardnacoolia in Timahoe West townland to the E with dry ground in Loughnacush and Parsonstown townlands to the W (est. L c. 2275m). It intersected a second, oak, trackway (KD008-030----/KD009-018----) mid-way across the bog, which is being harvested by Bord na Mona. Two small sections (L 35m and L 6m) of 'flimsy path made of birch logs' were archaeologically excavated in 1986 (Munroe 1987, 22) and comprised small logs (max. L 2m; diam. 0.1m) laid end to end, in an irregular pattern. Beyond a rough trimming of the ends, there was no evidence of carpentry, nor did the track include any brushwood or thin roundwood. According to the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (UCD), the site was radiocarbon dated to 2466-2200 (3864±45bp; GrN14248) (Brindley & Lanting 1998, 47-8). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011