ODempseys Road (Site of) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

ODempseys Road is a vanished track in County Offaly that climbed from the hill to the church ridge and continued toward the castle. Davies called it young and plain in 1942, but the name suggests it belonged to someone before the modern road covered it. The barrow, enclosure and house site nearby have been tested without revealing much, leaving the road as a ghost line between familiar places.

No surface trace visible of togher in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. Described by Davies (1942) as a track which does not look very old climbs the hill on to the ridge at the church (OF026-017001-) and continues along the ridge to the castle (OF026-018----) on site of modern road. Archaeological testing under licence no. 04E0009 was carried out as part of the planning schedule for a single-house development adjacent to a barrow, a togher and an enclosure at Urney, Geashill, Co. Offaly. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed (Excavations Bulletin 2004). John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 April 2009

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