A togher is an ancient trackway built across wet or marshy ground, constructed by laying timber directly into the bog to create a firm surface where none would otherwise exist. This particular example is a class 2 togher, meaning it combines both transverse and longitudinal roundwood with brushwood, the latter drawn from hazel, ash, and birch. It runs roughly east-northeast to west-southwest, measures one and a half metres wide, and survives to a depth of fifteen centimetres, modest dimensions that nonetheless represent a deliberate and skilled piece of construction.

What makes this togher particularly telling is the evidence left on the timber itself. Metal-cut toolmarks were identified on the wood, which places its construction firmly in the post-prehistoric period, after iron tools had come into use in Ireland. The builders would have felled and worked the roundwood and brushwood before laying it into the soft ground, creating a walkable surface across terrain that would otherwise have been impassable for people, animals, or loaded carts. Bogs throughout the Irish midlands preserve dozens of such structures, kept intact by the anaerobic, acidic conditions of the peat, which prevent the timber from rotting in the usual way. The research that identified this particular togher was carried out by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, based at University College Dublin, a project that systematically documented bog roads and other wetland monuments across Ireland during the late twentieth century.