County: Galway Site name: Killaderry, Gowla Bog
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0190
Author: Jane Whitaker
Site type: Peatland
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 579309m, N 743274m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.439150, -8.311408
This site ran parallel to, and 12m north, of GLA010 (11E0189?). At the time of the 2007 Peatland Survey carried out by ADS Ltd it was visible at two sightings in the drain face 0.25-0.92m below the field surface. It was orientated east-west and was composed of longitudinally laid roundwood and brushwood.
A single cutting measuring 3m in width and 6m in length was excavated as part of the 2011 BnM Mitigation Project over the sighting recorded in 2007 as GA-GLA011a. The overlying peat ranged from 0.31m to 0.5m in depth and was poorly humified Sphagnum-rich with moderate Calluna and Eriophorum inclusions.
The site was composed of longitudinally laid brushwood oriented east-west with three transverse elements running north-south across the longitudinals. The elements ranged from 0.01m to 0.05m in diameter and 0.05-2.53m in length. The togher varied in width from 0.9m to 1.7m and extended into the cutting for a maximum length of 4.47m where it appeared to taper off and terminate.
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