Glenasmole Roads

GLENASMOLE ROADSto mark the place where the body of a sweep was found. He hadbeen overtaken by a snowstorm when on his way to Glencree toclean the chimneys of Glencree reformatory. This type of inscribedcross with expanded terminals, is of a type commonly used inearly times which may indicate an earlier origin for the carving. 40About half a mile further on, another gravel pit can be seen on thesame side and adjoining it is the track of an old overgrown avenueleading out across the bog. It continues for about a quarter of amile and terminates at a grassy patch on which is a pile of stonesand rubble. This is the remains of Latouche’s shooting lodge andis so named on Duncan’s map of 1821.Duncan’s Map of 1821 showing “Latouche’s shooting lodge”.A short way further on stood a Celtic cross erected as a memorialto Captain Noel Lemass whose body was found here on 12thOctober 1923, in the aftermath of the Civil War. He had beenabducted on the previous July 3rd and his fate was unknown untilthe guards, acting on information, discovered the remains hereabout 20 yards from the road.50