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Road - road/trackway

Carns, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - road/trackway, Carns, 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
Carns
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75848, -8.26590
SMR number
RO028-062001-

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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 N-facing slope of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. A roadway (Wth c. 18m) defined by earthen banks (Wth 1-2m; H 0.5m) runs N from Carnfree cairn (RO028-069----) (L c. 600m). Its N end may have linked up with the road (RO028-065----) at the bottom of the slope approaching from the E, although there is a gap of c. 500m between them. This latter road may have continued W for c. 1 km to link up with the road (RO028-008----) which is now largely removed but was heading towards Rathcroghan and ran close to Ogulla Well (RO022-106003-). Barrows (RO028-062003-; RO028-062004-) are within the roadway just S of where it is cut by the modern NW-SE road. The road veered to the E of the ceremonial enclosure (RO028-069002-) around Carnfree cairn (RO028-069001-) but it does not survive in its vicinity, and recommences to its S as a single bank (L c. 350m) running southwards to the W of the deserted settlement (RO028-062005-). It then turns SE (L c. 300m) as a carriageway (Wth 14.6m) defined by earthen banks (Wth 3-4m; H 0.4-0.8m).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 5 August 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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