What is recorded here

Half-hidden beneath grass and forgotten feet, the causeway still crosses Durrow Demesne. A twelfth-century poem credits Torulbh, a Pictish abbot, with building many choice causeways at that monastery. He may have laid stone across wet ground so monks and visitors could pass when rain turned the demesne to soup.

Unlocated causeway within the townland of Durrow, a twelfth century poem in the Laud Manuscript in the Bodleian library recalls that 'a Pictish abbot named Torulbh made 'many mounds, many choice causeways (mor tocha togher), many roads and many ways' at the monastery of Durrow, Co. Offaly (Lucas 1985, 46). 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 May 2011

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