County: Kildare Site name: KILLYGUIRE BOG, Killinthomas/Killyguire/ Lullybeg
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1123
Author: Eoin Corcoran, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 667428m, N 724915m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.270285, -6.989144
This bog is situated in Co. Kildare to the south-south-west of Edenderry town between Blackriver Bog to the west and Barnaran and Cappanagrid Bogs to the east. Approximately 2km to the south is the town of Rathangan. The Crabtree River borders the bog on its eastern side. To the north and west the bog is surrounded by Blackriver Bog and to the south the bog is bordered by forestry. Access to the bog from the west is provided by a minor road between Edenderry and Rathangan and along a BnM railway through Blackriver Bog. Alternative access at the east of the bog is provided by a BnM road along the line of the Crabtree River and again through Blackriver Bog. Killyguire Bog covers an area of 198ha within BnM's Derrygreenagh works in Blackriver Bog. This bog has been in industrial peat production since the 1970s. Killyguire Bog is in the south-eastern corner of Blackriver Bog. This bog was initially produced to supply peat to the briquette factory at Derrybrennan. The drains are all orientated from north to south.
One site was recorded in this bog. It consisted of a single worked brushwood on the field surface. The brushwood was in very poor condition and consequently was not sampled.
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