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The site (Wth 2.05m; D 0.55m) consists of over forty pieces of densely packed light brushwood and twigs. The overall orientation of the site is indiscernible. The deposit is curved in form and is more concentrated on its E extent, where it is up to seven pieces deep. Within the site the elements are generally overlapping, orientated WNW-ESE and N-S. The condition of the wood is variable but is particularly poor where the site is deepest. Woodworking is evidenced by branch-trimming and a half-split timber. The site is in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains and fibrous roots. Radiocarbon dated to 1108-800 cal. BC (UCD 0212). This is one of a number of sites running along the line of a possible palaeo-channel orientated in a N direction across the bog, including SMR OF010-458----, 2.14m to the N, which is 0.66m above this site and SMR OF010-469----, 1.17m to the S, which is 0.18m below it. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin). Date of upload: 23 May 2011