Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - hollow-way
Athlacca North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athlacca North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.46320, -8.65850
- SMR number
- LI039-010----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In flat pasture, 315m S of Kilbroney Church (LI039-102001-) and St. Broney's Well (LI039-012002-). Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch sheet. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch sheet as a linear earthwork (L. c. 53m) running N-S, where it is shown as a possible sunken or hollow way flanked by a bank on either side. Upstanding monument visible as a linear feature overgrown with trees (L. c. 69m) on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 where traces of the levelled road are visible as a linear cropmark running NW-SE (L. c. 74m) to N of upstanding section. Possible roadway leading N towards Kilbroney Church, or could be the remains of a watercourse such as a mill-race. Paleochannel or old watercourse visible running into linear earthwork at NE visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 05/04/2006.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 12 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.