2004:1400 - CODD NORTH BOG, CODD, Offaly

Codd North Bog is situated south of Edenderry, Co. Offaly, west of the unclassified road from Edenderry to Rathangan, which forms its eastern limit. It is bordered to the south and south-west by Codd South Bog, from which it is separated by the Figile River. To the west is an area of private bog and to the northwest an area formerly used for sod-peat production but now overgrown. The northern limit is defined by an industrial railway line, beyond which there is pastureland. Access to the bog is provided by a lane running west from the Edenderry-Rathangan road. Codd North Bog covers an area of 270ha and is part of the Bord na M—na Derrygreenagh/Allen group of works. The bog is made up of 93 fields with drains running north-south. The fields are interrupted by four overgrown fields, one of which carries an arterial drain. The field surfaces and drains were generally in good condition, with only light overgrowth in places. The northern edge of the bog was formerly hand-cut and later levelled by Bord na M—na. Only two sites were found at Codd North. One of these was a circular wooden artefact, possibly the remains of a wooden turf barrow, the other contained two small pieces of brushwood. Neither of these sites was dated.