County: Offaly Site name: BALLINVALLY/BALLYNASRAH/CLONDUFF/CLOONAGH MORE/CUSH LOWER/DERRYGUNNIGAN/GRAIGUEFULLA/REARY BEG/REARYVALLEY OR CLONYGARK, Monettia Bog
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0797
Author: Jane Whitaker, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 635467m, N 717108m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.203223, -7.469128
Monettia Bog is located 1.4km south-west of Killeigh village in Co. Offaly. The main access is from the Bord na Móna (BnM) works at the north-western extent of the bog. The production bog covers an area of 728ha and forms part of the BnM Allen group of works. There are private turbury plots along the eastern, southern and south-western extent of the production bog. The northern extent is mainly farmland. The bog consists of 139 production fields oriented roughly north–south. An industrial rail line runs east–west across the central part of the bog. The entire bog was in production at the time of the survey, apart from five fields at the north-eastern extent, which were overgrown to varying degrees and some of which were being excavated, apparently to facilitate additional drainage.
A single roundwood was recovered from a drain face in the south-western part of the bog during the survey but was later discounted as being modern in origin. No further archaeological sites were recorded.
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