Their haphazard configuration is precisely what makes them curious: whoever placed them, and for whatever purpose, did not leave behind the neat geometry that usually helps archaeologists read a site at a glance.

The posts came to light in 1995, when the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, based at University College Dublin, carried out a pilot survey of the Littleton Works in the area. Wetland surveys of this kind are painstaking work: peat bogs preserve organic material, including wood, with remarkable fidelity, but the same waterlogged conditions that protect ancient timber make systematic investigation difficult. The Littleton Works survey was an early effort to map and record archaeological features across this part of the Irish midlands fringe, and the Baunmore posts were among its findings. Without further excavation or dating, it is not possible to say how old the posts are or what they once supported, and the sparse record reflects that honestly.