Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tollhouse
Rossmanagher, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossmanagher
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toll. Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toll Gate (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 52.71496, -8.77973
- SMR number
- CL052-074----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A tollhouse erected in 1847 by the D’Esterre family. It comprised two houses, one on each side of the road with the actual toll gate between the two buildings and across the roadway. (O’Brien 1996, 13; Ryan, W. G. 1980 http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/archaeology/ryan/part5_chapter49_rossmanagher.htm; Accessed 26 July 2016)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 26 July 2016
References
O'Brien, J. 1996 Rossmanagher - spot the difference! The Other Clare 20, 13.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.