Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - road/trackway
Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenballythomas
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79855, -8.31858
- SMR number
- RO021-042014-
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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
On a gentle SW-facing slope of the Rathcroghan plateau. Oriented NE-SW (L c. 700m), its NE end is aligned tangentially on the SE edge of Rathandarve (RO022-057004-) although stopping c. 200m short of it. At the NE end it is visible as a grass-covered carriageway (Wth 5m) bordered by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m) and outer drain (Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) at NW and an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) and drain (Wth of base 2m; D 0.5m) at SE. At the SW end it is visible as a raised grass-covered strip (Wth 8m) with traces of outer drains (Wth 3-4m; D 0.1m) at either side. A fragment of the road can be seen near ring-barrow (RO021-042020-) c. 800m to the SW. (Waddell 1983, 28)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.