2004:1401 - CODD SOUTH BOG, CUSHALING/CLONCANT, Offaly

Codd South Bog is situated south of Edenderry, Co. Offaly, west of the unclassified road from Edenderry to Rathangan and separated from it by a band of pasture, woodland and a small private bog. It is bordered to the north by an area of private bog and also Codd North Bog, from which it is separated by the Figile River. Ballydermot North Bog adjoins to the south and the western limit is defined by an industrial railway line, beyond which there is pastureland. Access to the bog is provided by a track running west from the Edenderry-Rathangan road, which skirts the north-eastern edge of the bog before continuing to Clonbulloge. Codd South Bog covers an area of 230ha and is part of the Bord na M—na Derrygreenagh/Allen group of works. There are 63 fields in Codd South, running east-west and culminating to the south in an arterial drain and an industrial railway track, which form the border with Ballydermot North. The field surfaces were in good condition but some drains were overgrown in places. There were two short gravel ridges in the centre of the fields at the southern edge of the bog. Three sites were identified and recorded in Codd South Bog; two were classified as wood remains, the third as non-archaeological wood, as it was modern in origin.