What is recorded here

Hazel rods in Offaly peat, cut short by mill teeth before anyone could measure their span. The drainer may have struck a boundary marker, a fish weir or a forgotten fence, yet the machine erased the shape that would have answered. What remains is a smooth brown ribbon in wet clay, refusing to confirm or deny the hand that placed it.

A piece of hazel brushwood (L 1.25m; diam. 0.02m) at the bottom of the drain face. The piece was fragmented by milling and its original position was unclear. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1993. 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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