Road - road/trackway

The National Monuments Service's description

On the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. It ran from the complex rath of Rathmore (RO022-056017-) down the slope just W of enclosure (RO022-056015-), E of barrow (RO022-056004-) and the mound Croghaunbawn (RO022-056003-) to an E-W public road (L c. 2 km). It may have been continued c. 1km to the N by a N-S public road, and the avenue to Mantua House (total L c. 4km).
Only short sections are visible to-day, but it is known locally to be a hard stony surface which parches in dry weather. Just N of Rathmore it is a grass-covered causeway (Wth 6m; H c. 0.4m; L c. 100m) with a drystone wall on the E side. About 200m to the N is a further section (L c.100m) visible as a causeway (Wth 2m; H 0.3-0.6m) with a drystone wall down the centre and a flat-bottomed silted ditch (Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.3m) on the W side. W of the ditch a parched strip (Wth c. 2m) indicates a bank. To the N of an E-W public lane in Ballyconboy it is visible as a causeway (Wth 7m; H c. 0.2m; L c. 300m) from which a stone wall has been removed and with a lush grass strip on the W side.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010