
What is recorded here
Situated on flat marshy land running alongside bogland. This site was not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Trackway of split oak timbers discovered in field recently ploughed S of Ballykilleen fort (OF011-035----). The togher was traceable northwards towards the fort and consisted of split oak timbers on brushwood.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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