County: Galway Site name: Killaderry, Gowla Bog
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0189
Author: Jane Whitaker
Site type: Peatland
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 579262m, N 743272m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.439130, -8.312115
This togher was orientated east-west and was composed of regularly laid longitudinal brushwood and roundwood elements. Two cuttings were excavated over this togher as part of the 2011 BnM Mitigation Project at sightings GA-GLA010a and GA-GLA010c as identified during the 2007 Peatland Survey carried out by ADS Ltd.
This short length of brushwood togher was oriented north-east/south-west towards the unclassified road that runs from Ahascragh to Ballyforan and separates Gowla and Killaderry Bogs. It was 0.6-1.82m in width and was traced for a maximum length of 45m although it may have originally been longer. It was composed of longitudinally laid light brushwood elements that ranged in diameter from 0.01 to 0.05m in diameter and 0.66-2.28m in length. Occasional transverse supports were noted. The toolmarks recorded in the field were all chisel-cut points with concave or slightly concave facets which may indicate a Bronze Age date for the site.
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