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Road - road/trackway

Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - road/trackway, Toberrory, 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
Toberrory
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.80750, -8.29563
SMR number
RO022-056034-

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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 the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. A roadway (Wth c. 5-10m) defined by earth and stone banks runs W from the ring-barrow (RO0225038-) (L c. 850m), and overlies the two outer enclosing banks of barrow (RO02256035-). Towards its W end it is crossed by a N-S road (RO022-056033-), which continues N (L c. 100m) almost as far as Courtmoyle rath (RO022-056028-), where it turns E (L c. 100m). This E-W road continued W beyond the junction (L c. 300m), but archaeological testing (02E0026) c. 150-300m W of its visible W end failed to produce any evidence of its continuation in that direction (Read 2004j). The N-S road may have continued further N, to the E of Courtmoyle, and also further S. Large rectangular fields (RO022-056032-) are attached to these roads covering an area of c. 20 ha, and pits (dims c. 3m-10m x c. 2m; D 0.5m), frequently aligned with the roads, abound in the area. (Knox 1914a, 20-3; 1918, 157-9; Herity 1983, 130-1; 1988, 72, Toberrory 6; Waddell 1983, 39, No. 37)

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.

Read, C. 2004j Toberrory: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 460, No. 1629. Bray. Wordwell.

Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.

Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.

Herity, M. 1988 A survey of the royal sites of Cruachain in Connacht Roscommon. IV. Ancient field systems at Rathcroghan and Carnfreee. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 117-118, 67-84.

Nearby in the register

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

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