Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ford
Killaphort, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killaphort
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25321, -8.02756
- SMR number
- OF013-039----
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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
Ford on the River Shannon connecting the townland of Killaphort to Clonfert, Co. Galway (GA101-026002-), in lowlying marshy land. According to local info. this ford was associated with 'St. Brendan's Road' (GA101-026001-). It was removed during dredging operations in the 19th c. No visible surface trace survives.
Nearby in the register
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Canalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.