County: Kildare Site name: LODGE BOG, Allenwood South/Drumsru/ Lullymore East
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1005
Author: Jane Whitaker, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 670914m, N 725018m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.270756, -6.936867
Lodge Bog is located at the eastern extent of the Derrygreenagh group of bogs. It is immediately south of the Lullymore to Allenwood road, the R414, in Co. Kildare. It is also accessible further south along the R414 at the Barnaran/Lodge level crossing. A small laneway off the R414 at its southern extent also provides access alongside a pheasant farm. Extensive turbury plots surround this bog, particularly along its eastern and south-western extents, while the dry land island of Lullymore is along the north-western extent. There is a rail line running north-east/southwest through Lodge Bog and into Killinagh at the north and Barnaran at the west. Lodge Bog covers an area of 445ha and is part of the Bord na Móna Derrygreenagh group of bogs.
Eight sites were surveyed in Lodge Bog. Seven of these were wood remains, with a single possible togher recorded. The sites were scattered throughout the central part of the bog, with no specific archaeological zone identified. A late medieval date was recovered from one of the sites (KD-LGE002), while another site was modern (KD-LGE001).
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