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Bredagh (athlone South By., Turrock Ed),cooldorragh,milltown (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bredagh (athlone South By., Turrock Ed),cooldorragh,milltown (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45499, -8.18816
- SMR number
- RO047-058027-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On low-lying ground on either bank of the NE-SW canalised Ballyglass stream. A WNW-ESE esker ridge on the W side of the stream morphs into a broader NW-SE ridge on the E side. An area of about 67 acres (c. 27 ha) as recorded on aerial photographs (CUCAP: BDO 31, 32) during the 1970s in the vicinity of Milltown castle (RO047-058001-) is now reduced to c. 15 ha through land reclamation in Milltown, including the removal of enclosure (RO047-058002-). The fields are defined by grass-covered stoney banks (Wth c. 2-3.5m; H c. 0.5m) and they are fairly large and irregular (dims c. 100m x c. 50m) with some smaller rectangular paddocks (dims c. 20, x c. 10m) amongst them. These increase in number with proximity to the castle, but the relationship with the castle cannot be established. Almost all the fields have traces of lazy-bed cultivation, and a road (RO047-058031-) (L c. 400m; Wth 2.7-3m) defined by earthen banks runs N-S through Bredagh, terminating at is S end close to the castle. There are three house sites (RO047-058028-; RO047-058029-; RO047-058030-) on the N side of an E-W ridge in Cooldooragh.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.