What is recorded here

Half a metre of brushwood and one trimmed roundwood bar, buried together in wet Offaly peat and first measured in 2001. The size and shape suggest a human hand, yet the evidence never became certain enough to call the deposit a monument. It remains a small wooden puzzle, half hidden in moss and water, waiting for someone to imagine what it held.

A deposit (L 0.54m min.; Wth 0.5m; D 0.32m) of one roundwood (diam. 0.09m) above seven pieces of brushwood (diam. 0.015-0.04m). The roundwood is lies across the exposed ends of the brushwood. A worked end is present on one piece of brushwood and there is branch-trimming on the roundwood. The wood is in good condition and in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with some ericaceous remains and fibrous roots. Further pieces of brushwood are evident in the opposing drain face but their relationship is unclear. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2001. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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