County: Offaly Site name: DRUMMAN BOG, Carrick/Derrygreenagh/Knockdrin/Garr/Drumman
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0667
Author: Conor McDermott, Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit
Site type: Excavation -miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 649257m, N 741150m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.418170, -7.259001
Drumman Bog is in the north of Bord na Móna’s Derrygreenagh works, south of the N6 between Milltownpass and Rochfortbridge, and covers an area of 1249ha. Part of the bog is in County Offaly, and part in County Westmeath. Small sections in the southern and central parts of the bog are in milled peat production; the remainder has been largely milled out, and there is a block of forestry in the eastern part of the bog. A total of 23 archaeological sites were recorded during the survey. These consist of seven toghers, traceable for 15m or less, thirteen small deposits of worked and unworked wood, and three post rows of varying lengths. The largest concentration of sites, two of which are dated to the Middle and Late Bronze Age, is on the fringes of Derrygreenagh Hill.
Four ex situ artefacts were recovered. A barbed and tanged arrowhead was found in the north-eastern corner of the bog, in County Westmeath. An ex situ chert scraper and two fragments of animal horn were also recovered from disturbed contexts. A small ex situ scrap of leather was found close to the main concentration of sites.
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