The word togher comes from the Irish tóchar, meaning a causeway, and these structures were essentially low roads laid across soft ground, constructed from whatever timber or brushwood was locally available. This particular example is a modest but telling piece of ancient engineering, just 1.26 metres wide and a mere four centimetres deep, built from longitudinal hazel brushwood laid a single layer thick.

The hazel rods used in its construction range from roughly two to three and a half centimetres in diameter, suggesting fairly young, flexible growth, the kind of material that could be cut and laid with relative ease. What makes the find quietly remarkable is the suggestion that toolmarks found on the wood may have been made by a stone implement rather than a metal one, which points to a potentially considerable age. The togher runs on an ESE to WNW orientation and survives in poor condition, which is itself unsurprising given that these structures were built for practical use rather than permanence, and the acidic bog environment, while preserving organic material that would otherwise vanish entirely, also takes its toll over time.