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Bohereennamarve

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The remains of a roadway depicted on all editions of the OS 6-inch map as 'Bohereennamarve' meaning 'little road of the dead' and which appears to connect the public road to Templecross church (WM011-051----) and graveyard (WM011-051001-) and onwards to Tristernagh Abbey (WM011-053----). The roadway (approx. Wth. 15m)…

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The remains of a roadway depicted on all editions of the OS 6-inch map as 'Bohereennamarve' meaning 'little road of the dead' and which appears to connect the public road to Templecross church (WM011-051----) and graveyard (WM011-051001-) and onwards to Tristernagh Abbey (WM011-053----). The roadway (approx. Wth. 15m) runs from SW to NE for a distance of c. 1.3km. A small bridge (WM011-052----) at the NE end of the roadway traverses a small stream giving access to Tristernagh Abbey (WM011-053----). An Extent of the priory lands made at Tristernagh Priory on the 8th of October 1540 described the road as following; 'Within the site of the priory (WM011-053----) or manor:—a church, which is the parish church; its belfry is a stone tower. Certain chambers and other buildings necessary for the farmer's use. A curtilage surrounded with a stone wall. All these are situated above a large lake (Lough Iron), broad and deep. The other parts of the site are surrounded with a large bog, except that there is a single straight road (WM011-049----) for entrance' (White 1943, 276).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM011-049

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