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Road - road/trackway

Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - road/trackway, Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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