Road — road/trackway in Killorath

On flat pasture, the NW end of the road abuts the townland boundary with Coolfune. The road is located 20m NE of a ringfort (LI031-039----). The trackway is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map, although the NW end of the road leads to a vernacular building and a farm lane depicted on the map that continues NW. A house to the SW of the trackway annotated 'Boher House' on the OSi 25-inch map appears to have been named after this trackway. The trackway is not depicted on the OSi 1897 ed. 25-inch map. The road is clearly visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by the ASI on Bruff Aerial photographs (Bruff 4/3598) as a linear road (Wth c. 16m; L c. 445m) orientated NW-SE, the road is lined on either side by a bank. The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 16/03/2016; 25/03/2017 and 28/06/2018. The association of the road leading to the small farmstead at its NW end suggests an Early Post-medieval date. See attached Bruff survey image showing road/trackway and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 20 October 2020