Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - hollow-way
Kilbragh (railstown Par.),railstown (railstown Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbragh (railstown Par.),railstown (railstown Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.48761, -7.80697
- SMR number
- TS061-126001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
In undulating terrain on top of a low ridge. The eastern portion of the hollow-way is in pasture and the western portion is in tillage. Railstown church (TS061-125----) and graveyard (TS061-125001-) are located c. 400m to the NNW of the eastern end. The linear hollow-way (total L c. 500m) runs E–W westward from the northern portion of the settlement (TS061-126----). The western portion (L c. 300m) of the hollow-way, running downslope to the W from the Kilbragh townland boundary into Railstown, appears to be indicated on the 2nd (1906) ed. 6-inch OS map by roughly parallel field boundaries (Wth c. 12-15m). The southern boundary has since been levelled leaving no visible trace of the hollow-way above ground. The eastern portion (L c. 200m) is delineated by a bank/scarp on either side, the eastern half is slightly narrower (Wth at base 2.7m; S bank int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.35m; Wth at top 1.7m; overall Wth 4.2m; N scarp H 0.66m). Approximately 100m from the E end the hollow-way appears to deliberately widen out to 13.5m for c. 20m and then narrows again (Wth at base 5m; S bank int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.35m; Wth at top 1.55m; overall Wth 5.8m; N scarp H 0.43m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 17 October 2011
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