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Road - hollow-way

Kilbragh (Railstown Par.),Railstown (Railstown Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - hollow-way, Kilbragh (Railstown Par.), Railstown (Railstown Par.), County Tipperary South, 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
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 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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (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

Nearby in the register

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

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