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Road - road/trackway

Castlelands,Glenmorrishmeen,Toortane,Townparks West (Coshmore and Coshbride By., Lismore Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - road/trackway, County Waterford, 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
Castlelands,Glenmorrishmeen,Toortane,Townparks West (Coshmore and Coshbride By., Lismore Par.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Bóthar na Naomh
Coordinates
52.13484, -7.94433
SMR number
WA020-016----

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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

According to Power (1905, 123) a traditional ancient road could be traced beginning c. 2 km W of Lismore on the minor road leading to Glencairn, down the avenue to the farm of Lismore Castle, and E along a field bank towards the castle. On the E side of the town it follows a minor road through Ballyea to Drumroe to the ford of Affane (L c. 8km).

Power, Rev. P. (1905) The Rian bó Phadruig (the ancient highway of the Decies) JRSAI 35, 110-29.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 26 July 2011

References

Power, Rev. P. 1905 The Rian Bó Phádraig (the ancient highway of the Decies). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 35, 110-29.

Nearby in the register

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

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