What is recorded here

In 1997, County Offaly, upright bark strips and scattered twigs emerged from raised bog, tempting hunters to imagine a lost container. The peat kept the shape sharp but offered no handle, no seam, no life behind it. What looks like making may be only water moving through wood, and the true anomaly is that we still want to own the dark.

Strips of layered bark interspersed with mosses (L 0.78m; Wth 0.34m), with most of the bark laying upright. The bark was traced for 0.78m into the section face. A few twigs and a few pieces of light roundwood overlay the bark, at right angles. The material was located within well-laminated poorly-humified raised bog. The site was examined as it was thought to form part of a bark container. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1997. 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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