That ambiguity is, in its own quiet way, the whole story.

During a field survey in 1989, a deposit of archaeological wood was noted in the peatland here, recorded through a personal communication from B. Raftery. Peatlands are remarkable preservers of organic material; the cold, acidic, oxygen-poor conditions can keep timber intact for thousands of years, which is why bogs across Ireland have yielded everything from ancient trackways to butter and bodies. The find at Mullolagher was intriguing enough to log, but the evidence was judged insufficient to confirm it as the remains of a genuine archaeological monument. It sits in that uncomfortable category of things that might matter enormously, or might not: a scattering of wood in wet ground, noted once, and left as an open question.