County: Kildare Site name: CLOGHEEN/CLONBRIN/CLONMOYLE WEST/COOLATOGHER/COOSICKIN OR QUINNSBOROUGH/LAGHNAGRAIGUE/POLLAGORTEEN/UMMERAS BEG/UMMERAS MORE, UMMERAS BOG
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0827
Author: Sinclair Turrell, ADS Ltd, Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Dublin 3.
Site type: Peatland survey
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 672925m, N 712604m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.158934, -6.909568
Ummeras Bog is located 3km north of Monasterevin, east of an unclassified road running from Monasterevin to the R419, just east of Bracknagh village. It is surrounded by farmland, with some forestry to the south and east and private plots to the south and west. Beyond this, the Slate River runs to the north of the bog, the Black River is to the west and the Grand Canal is to the east. The bog covers an area of 305ha and forms part of the Bord na Móna Coolnamona group of works. The bog consists of 73 fields running north–south, with an industrial railway running along the southern edge. The bog is in full production and the fields and drains were in good condition, with a large amount of natural wood apparent in the drain faces. Bord na Móna started levelling the bog and cutting drains in 1973, with production of sod moss peat starting in 1980. In 1989 production switched to milled moss peat production.
No archaeological features were recorded during the survey of this bog.
