Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - road/trackway
Ballyrichard,ballinaskea (arklow By.),kilpatrick,templerainy,ballymoyle,johnstown North,johnstown South, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrichard,ballinaskea (arklow By.),kilpatrick,templerainy,ballymoyle,johnstown North,johnstown South
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- King James Road
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83048, -6.13386
- SMR number
- WI041-003002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Price (1967, 472) recorded that there 'was an old road which led southwards from the old chapel in Kilpatrick (WI036-023----) along the west sdie of Ballyrichard into Templerainy (WI040-017001-) and Coolboy. The trace of it is still visible on the townland boundary between Ballyrichard and Johnstown. The tradition is that King James went by this road to Shelton on his way from Dublin to Duncannon after the Battle of the Boyne'. The route of the road is shown on the 1838 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is annotated in two places as 'King James' Road'. Several townland boundaries intersect along the route of the possible medieval road and it appears to run through the centre of a possible deserted medieval settlement (WI041-003----) in the townland of Ballyrichard which is annotated 'Oldtown Field' on the 1838 ed. OSi 6-inch map.
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The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 5 October 2020
References
Price, L. 1967 The place-names of Co. Wicklow. VII - The baronies of Newcastle and Arklow. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (382-532).
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