County: Kildare Site name: BLACKRIVER BOG, Killinthomas/Lullybeg
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1124
Author: Eoin Corcoran, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 667428m, N 724915m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.270285, -6.989144
This bog is situated to the south-south-west of Edenderry town, east of a minor road between Edenderry and Rathangan, Co. Kildare, with Bulge, Barnaran and Cappanagrid Bogs to the east, Killyguire Bog to the south-east, Glashbaun South Bog to the north-east and Glashbaun North and Codd North Bogs to the north. Approximately 3km to the south is the town of Rathangan. The Crabtree River borders the bog on its eastern side, to the north and east the bog is surrounded by the bogs mentioned above and to the south the bog is bordered by forestry. Access to the bog from the west is provided by the minor road between Edenderry and Rathangan and along a Bord na Móna (BnM) railway. Alternative access to the east of the bog is provided by a BnM road along the line of the Crabtree River. Blackriver Bog covers an area of 601ha within BnM's Derrygreenagh works. This bog has been in industrial peat production since the 1970s. Blackriver Bog and Killyguire Bog are effectively the same bog, with no physical divide between them. Killyguire Bog is the south-eastern corner of Blackriver Bog. There are 128 drains, all orientated north-south. An east-west BnM railway divides the bog in two.
Four sites were recorded in Blackriver Bog. These sites all consisted of a single piece of worked wood with no other associated material. The sites varied from poor to moderate in condition; one of these was dated and was modern in origin.
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