A half-split length of ash, measuring at least 35 centimetres long and roughly 9 centimetres in diameter, with a crudely dressed split surface, it is the kind of find that raises more questions than it answers. It was not enough, in the end, to be classified as the remains of an archaeological monument at all.

The timber was recorded in 1993 by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, based at University College Dublin, as part of broader survey work across Irish peatlands. Wetlands and bogs preserve organic material, including wood, with extraordinary fidelity, which is precisely why even modest finds attract attention. Ash timber that has been split and worked, however roughly, suggests human activity at some point, but without additional context, dating evidence, or associated features, it is impossible to say more than that. The assessors who later reviewed the record concluded the evidence simply did not meet the threshold required to designate the spot as an archaeological site. It remains, formally, a structure of uncertain nature and uncertain age in a peatland townland.