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Road - road/trackway

Toberrory,Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - road/trackway, Toberrory, 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
Toberrory,Glenballythomas
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ancient Road
Latest-edition OS map
Ancient Road (Site of)
Coordinates
53.80042, -8.29591
SMR number
RO022-057021-

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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 Rathcroghan plateau and its E-facing slope. Running W from the well of Tobar Caoch (RO022-057053-) to S of Rathcroghan mound (RO022-057010-) (L 1.2km), and perhaps as far as the N edge of Rathnadarve (RO-022-057004-) (L c. 1.8km) through the road fragment (RO022-057078-). At the E end it truncates rath (RO022-057055-) and here the carriageway (Wth 12m) is defined by earthen banks (Wth 2.2-2.6m; int. H 0.6-0.7m; ext. H 0.1-0.2m). Just E of the deserted settlement (RO022-057070-) the N bank overlies earthwork (RO022-057088-). The road runs through the settlement, and house (RO022-057086-) is incorporated into the N bank. About 120m W of the settlement traces of a branch road turn N (L c. 70m), although it is closed off by a low bank. The road continues to the Tulsk-Bellanagare road (N5) as a carriageway (Wth 8m) defined by earthen banks (Wth 3m; H 0.2-0.5m) on both sides. It does not visibly survive W of the N5, but its N boundary may be incorporated into the field wall and townland boundary running W, to the S of the Rathcroghan mound, where the two ring-barrows (RO022-057015-) and (RO022-057016-) would have been overlain by it, and they undoubtedly pre-date the road. It also disregards and post-dates the ceremonial enclosure (RO022-057012-). (Knox 1914, 6 map; Herity 1983, 130; 1988, 72, Glenballythomas 4; Waddell 1983, 29, No. 8)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 473

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

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.

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

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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