Road

Emerging from a bog and rising up the S-facing slope of the slight E-W ridge on which Kilbarry church (RO024-016001-) is situated. Running NE-SW (L c. 600m) down the side of the ridge, it is known as the 'Saint's Road' and its course is known locally as a direct route between Kilbarry church and the RC church of Whitehall where St. Barry's Boat (RO030-007----) is kept. At the bottom of the slope it proceeds N (L c. 300m) on the E side of a N-S field bank where it is barely noticeable at the S end as a slight berm (Wth c. 3-5m), before swinging NE across fields (L c. 450m) to meet the public road c. 80m W of the graveyard (RO024-016002-). It is reputed locally to have a metalled surface that can be detected in parched conditions. Archaeological testing (16E0174) by A. Wallace just to the NW at a point where the old road approaches the E-W public road produced no related material (excavations.ie 2016:857). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 20 October 2021