What is recorded here
This togher (L 4.3m min.; Wth 0.7m; D 0.1m), noted in 1988, was orientated E-W and consisted of a narrow, dense bed of straight, longitudinal brushwood with occasional short diagonal pieces. Radiocarbon dated to 1524-1401 BC (3195±40 BP, GrN-16632). (Raftery 1990, 24; 1996, Derryoghil 28, 155-6)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin.
The attached image was taken by Prof. Barry Raftery and is uploaded courtesy of the Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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