County: Longford Site name: LOUGH BANNOW 2, Corlea
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0456
Author: Noel Dunne, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Road - class 2 togher
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 609668m, N 763599m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.622124, -7.853846
This togher is evident on the Bord na Móna milled surface for a distance of at least 27.5m. Excavation revealed that it was constructed with longitudinal light brushwood and had an original width of 1.1–1.2m. Three heavier light brushwood elements, orientated north-east/south-west, formed both sides and an internal spine for the site. The body of the togher was formed with a single layer of lighter brushwood, orientated north-north-east/south-south-west. The heavier elements were aligned slightly differently to the lighter brushwood for some reason that is unclear, but it is unlikely that the differing alignments are the result of the former having become dislodged or displaced relative to the main body of the site, or vice versa. Construction details exposed in the course of the excavation differed greatly from those noted in the course of the 1999 reassessment at the same site, only 7.5m to the south-west. This site and No. 631 (Excavations 2000) are on the same alignment and located c. 50m apart, but they were assigned separate numbers during the 1999 reassessment on the grounds that they also differed markedly in construction details. However, given the immense variation that is now apparent within the one site, it is possible that this site and No. 631 (Excavations 2000) are in fact parts of the one togher.
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