Structure

This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Daingean South Bog. It was recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as a dense cluster of brushwood elements and a single worked roundwood found alongside the drain edge (Whitaker 2014). On excavation in 2014 (licence 14E0309) it was interpreted as a peatland structure, measuring 2.76 x 1.71m. The site was dated cal. AD 423-554 (UBA 26599). A single cutting measuring 3 x 2m was opened. The excavated site consisted of two NW-SE orientated roundwoods, with a concentration of E-W orientated associated brushwood elements. All elements were in poor condition, having been mostly exposed on the field surface. Three chisel-point worked ends with flat facets were noted. The species identified were mainly hazel, with one alder and a radially split oak plank found. No overlying peat remained, but the site was underlain by moderately humified Sphagnum peat (Whitaker 2017). Compiled by: Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer Date of upload: 25 February 2020