What is recorded here

Under the white cotton grass and bogbeans, a five-metre ribbon of compacted brushwood still holds its north-south line. It may have marked a forgotten watercourse or served as a temporary crossing before milling knives scarred its surface. The peat preserved the shape of human hands even when it refused to preserve their name.

The site (L 5.4m min.; Wth 1.22m; D 0.1m) is orientated NNW-SSE, and consists largely of mixed brushwood with a single roundwood and twigs throughout. The material is compactly laid and has been damaged by milling. A single metal-cut toolmark is present. This site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Menyanthes seeds and pockets of Eriophorum. This site is one of a number of sites running along the line of a possible palaeo-channel orientated in a N direction across the bog. 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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