What is recorded here
The site (Wth 1.81m; D 0.3m) is orientated NE-SW and consists of an arrangement of light brushwood and twigs in opposing drain faces. The brushwood is up to nine pieces deep and tends to lie longitudinally. Metal-cut toolmarks are noted on a number of pieces. Of the wood species identified, willow is dominant, followed by alder and a single example of Pomoideae. The site is located in well-humified Sphagnum and Calluna peat.
Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin).
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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