County: Offaly Site name: DERRYCRICKET BOG, Derrycricket/Eskermore
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0840
Author: Caitríona Moore, Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 653892m, N 724723m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.270102, -7.192083
Derrycricket Bog was surveyed as part of the Peatland Survey 2002 on behalf of Dúchas. It is situated in the south of Bord na Móna’s Derrygreenagh works and covers an area of 186ha. Most of the bog has been given over to forestry, and only a small part was available for survey. No archaeological sites were found.
Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
