County: Westmeath Site name: RATHGARRETT, TOAR BOG
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0729
Author: Jane Whitaker, ADS Ltd, Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Dublin 3.
Site type: Platform
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 643002m, N 735847m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.371064, -7.353808
This site was one of five sites excavated in Toar Bog, Co. Westmeath, as part of the 2005 Bord na Mona archaeological mitigation programme. This site was initially identified as a tertiary togher consisting of brushwood and occasional twigs recorded in opposing drain faces (WM-RGT025). The cutting was laid out over the drain to encompass the site visible in both drain faces. Excavation revealed the site to be a small brushwood platform measuring 3m by 4m. The elements were closely spaced and laid as a single layer. The wood species identified were alder, hazel and willow. Several elements had tool-marked ends cut to chisel points that were flat in character.
