This is a togher, a type of trackway laid across waterlogged or boggy ground to allow people and animals to pass safely. The word comes from the Irish "tóchar", and these structures appear across Ireland wherever early communities needed to cross terrain that would otherwise have swallowed a traveller whole.

This particular togher is classified as a class 3 example, meaning it was constructed from a relatively informal scatter of timber rather than the more elaborate planked or brushwood arrangements seen in higher-class toghers. It runs east to west, stretching at least 1.4 metres wide and surviving to a depth of around 14 centimetres. The material is predominantly ash roundwood, the individual pieces averaging roughly 8 centimetres in diameter, and several pieces carry toolmarks, the quiet physical evidence that someone shaped this timber deliberately before laying it down. Ash was a practical choice, being a hardwood that resists splitting and was widely available in early Irish woodland. The toolmarks suggest at least some degree of preparation rather than simple improvisation, which places this togher somewhere between casual and considered in its construction.