What is recorded here

Derryville bog in County Kilkenny hides an oak plank and roundwood lying parallel, separated by forty centimetres and buried less than half a metre beneath the surface. The wood emerged during a 2006 fieldwalking survey, preserving the exact spacing and alignment that human hands once arranged. It may have marked a boundary, supported a crossing or belonged to a forgotten building, yet the bog kept the shape intact long after the world above changed.

Discovered in Derryville bog in 2006 during a fieldwalking survey of the Bord na Móna industrial peatlands in the Littleton group of bogs (Licence nos. 06E0696-06E0706). A longitudinal oak plank (Wth 0.37m; D 0.05m) and roundwood (diam. 0.1m) orientated NW-SE visible in the drain face 0.46m below the surface. The elements were parallel to each other and 0.4m apart. The wood was dried out where it was exposed but was otherwise moderately preserved. (Whitaker 2007, Catalogue no. KKDVE008) Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services. Date of upload: 2 October 2013

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