2002:1568 - DERRYCRICKET BOG, Derrycricket/Eskermore, Offaly

NMI Burial Excavation Records

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