County: Offaly Site name: BALLINACUR/BALLINDRINAN/DERRINVULLIG/ DERROOLY/KILLARANNY/LOUGHROE/NEWTOWN/ RABBITBURROW/RAHAN DEMESNE/ROSCORE DEMESNE, KILLARANNY BOG
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0409
Author: Nicola Rohan, Archaeological Development Services Ltd, Unit D, Kells Business Park, Cavan Road, Kells, Co. Meath.
Site type: Peatland survey
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 625190m, N 724182m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.267387, -7.622387
The Re-assessment Survey 2009 included Bellair North and South, Killaranny, East Boora, Clongawney, Oughter (Roscore), West Drinagh and Galros Bogs, which are part of the Bord na M)na (BnM) Boora group of bogs. The Boora group of bogs was initially surveyed by the IAWU in 1994, 1997 and 1998. The objective of the Re-assessment Survey was to re-identify any surviving previously recorded sites, identify new sites and subsequently record all archaeological sites identified during the course of survey. Killaranny Bog is located 1.3km south-west of Rahan, Co. Offaly. It lies at the eastern edge of the BnM Boora group of bogs directly north-east of Oughter (Roscore) Bog. It has a total area of 290ha, which is now cutaway.
A total of two archaeological sites, identified during the first-round survey of Killaranny Bog in 1997, were lodged in the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. The sites were located on the eastern side of the bog.
At the time of survey Killaranny Bog was not in production and much of the bog was overgrown with trees and heather scrub covered many of the field surfaces and drain faces. A hand-held GPS was used to find the location of the previously identified sites but they were no longer extant. No sites of archaeological significance were identified during the field-walking survey of this bog.
