Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - road/trackway
Loughsallagh, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughsallagh
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41941, -6.45530
- SMR number
- ME050-047----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the N-S valley of the meandering Tolka River, with the original stream c. 50m to the W. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E0489) by R. O’Hara prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified a cobbled surface (excavations.ie: 2004:1191) that was further excavated (E003030) by L. Clarke (excavations.ie 2005:AD12) as Loughsallagh 1. The road surface, consisting of cobbles set in a compact grey/brown stoney layer (Wth 10m plus; T 0.3m), extended NNE-SSW beyond the excavation limits at N and S, and its E edge was not exposed. It was accompanied by a drain (Wth of top 2.1m; D 0.48m) filled with grey brown silty clays on its W side. A thin dark brown silty clay layer (max. T 0.22m) separated this surface from an earlier metaled surface (Wth 5.5m; max. T 0.15m) that had a drain (Wth of top 1.9m; D 0.48m) filled with brown/grey silty clay on the W side. Some metal fragments were recovered but none are diagnostic. Although the road is not precisely represented at this point on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map both road surfaces are post-medieval in date and are earlier iterations of the ‘old’ road from Dublin to Dunshaughlin (R147). (Clarke 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 November 2021
References
Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Loughsallagh 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003030. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
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