What is recorded here

Half a meter of split wood lies buried in Offaly peat, small enough to dismiss and old enough to tempt imagination. The plank may have marked a path, a boundary or a forgotten doorway, but the evidence stops short of proof. What is certain is that human hands shaped it, and the land has kept it ever since.

A radially split plank (L 0.72m; Wth 0.1m; D 0.043m) on the field surface, which has been extensively damaged by milling. It is situated in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum and ericaceous remains. 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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