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Road - road/trackway

Glenballythomas,Carrowntoosan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - road/trackway, Glenballythomas, Carrowntoosan, 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,Carrowntoosan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Ancient Road (Track of)
Coordinates
53.79276, -8.29310
SMR number
RO022-057052-

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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 S-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Running E-W in interrupted sections (L c. 1.8 km). The E end intertwines with the Tusk-Bellanagare road (N5) where it loops S around a low hill at the E foot of the Rathcroghan plateau. Here the carriageway (Wth 13.5m) is defined by a scarp (H 0.6m) at N and a low bank (Wth 4m; H 0.2m) at S and passes by a well called Tobar na Spunoige. W of the N5 the road runs WNW towards Cahernavalody rath (RO022-057051-) (L c. 100m) as a carriageway (Wth 7-8m) defined by earthen banks (Wth 4-7.5m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.2m) at N and S. It then turns S (Wth c. 14m; L c. 150m) to a disused well where it turns W as far as a N-S public road where the carriageway (Wth 10m) is defined by earthen banks (Wth 3m; H 0.3-0.5m) at N and S (L c. 300m). W of the N-S public road the field bank running W towards the ring-barrow (RO022-057046-) at Knockannagorp is the remains of its N boundary. It ran as far as rath (RO022-057039-) (L c. 700m), and a small fragment (RO022-057068-) (Wth 10m) defined by earthen banks (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.3-0.6m) survives W of it (L c. 100m). (Knox 1914a, 33-4; Herity 1983, 131; 1988, 73, Glenballythomas 14; Waddell 1983, 41, No.46)

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

See the attached aerial view looking NE in Glenballythomas.

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.

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.

Nearby in the register

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

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