dmccarty
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Quite a few old, abandoned roads around here.
I used to own some land that had an old road through it. The road use to go down to a river at a spot where one could cross. An old timer told me that back in the day the road was part of the Underground Railroad and it was used by escaping slaves. There is a large community of Quakers in this part of NC, and there were some near the road who would hide the slaves as they made their way north.
When we were looking to buy land and I was searching for absentee owners in the court house. There was one deed that mentioned a rock in a road that was part of the boundry for the parcel. That road no longer exists.
Once upon a time I was walking through the woods along a river in our area. There was an obvious road zig zagging from the high ground down to the river to a ford. Up on the road was an old rock structure that was puzzling. Not sure what it was but it had a fireplace but it was pretty small.
When we were in Ireland a few years ago, we visited Reginald's Tower in Waterford. The tower was first built in the 800's by the Vikings. The tower as it exists today is a bit younger since it is made from stone and the Viking's first used wood. There is a cannon ball in the tower from when Cromwell visited. On our last day in town we were looking at the old abbey and started talking to a couple of locals. They were putting on a Long Bow exhibit in the museum that was across the alley from the abbey. I made a comment about how we were wondering what was under our feet when we had been walking around the town. The man laughed and said we were standing over a tunnel that led to the river and we would see the tunnel if we visited the museum. The museum was our next stop and sure enough, there was a tunnel used to load/unload caskets of win back in the day. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
This summer we went back to Ireland and visited a part of the country in the north west. There was a ring fort in town is at least 1,500 years old. Outside of town there is a stone structure that is thousands of years old.
The roads! :laughing::laughing::laughing: Well, many of the roads are really single lane lanes.
Really not hard to drive down once you figure out the process. Having said that, we were really happy at one point to be following a really large New Holland tractor. He was tall enough to be seen above the hedges and around curves. :laughing::laughing::laughing: He pulled over at one point to let us by but we motioned for him t keep on going. We were sad to seem him get to his destination. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
These roads had to have been put down where there were old trails. Who knows how old. One road we went down many times was a two lane road and is part of the National roads but still very narrow by US standards. What was interesting is that the road went over a sorta flat mountain but the road was not flat but followed the land. The road had these huge humps that were like a long wave. The speed limit was pretty high, about 65 MPH or there abouts and since the road was straight you could hit the speed limit. twas quite fun hitting those humps at that speed. A ticket ride! :laughing::laughing::laughing:
Later,
Dan
I used to own some land that had an old road through it. The road use to go down to a river at a spot where one could cross. An old timer told me that back in the day the road was part of the Underground Railroad and it was used by escaping slaves. There is a large community of Quakers in this part of NC, and there were some near the road who would hide the slaves as they made their way north.
When we were looking to buy land and I was searching for absentee owners in the court house. There was one deed that mentioned a rock in a road that was part of the boundry for the parcel. That road no longer exists.
Once upon a time I was walking through the woods along a river in our area. There was an obvious road zig zagging from the high ground down to the river to a ford. Up on the road was an old rock structure that was puzzling. Not sure what it was but it had a fireplace but it was pretty small.
When we were in Ireland a few years ago, we visited Reginald's Tower in Waterford. The tower was first built in the 800's by the Vikings. The tower as it exists today is a bit younger since it is made from stone and the Viking's first used wood. There is a cannon ball in the tower from when Cromwell visited. On our last day in town we were looking at the old abbey and started talking to a couple of locals. They were putting on a Long Bow exhibit in the museum that was across the alley from the abbey. I made a comment about how we were wondering what was under our feet when we had been walking around the town. The man laughed and said we were standing over a tunnel that led to the river and we would see the tunnel if we visited the museum. The museum was our next stop and sure enough, there was a tunnel used to load/unload caskets of win back in the day. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
This summer we went back to Ireland and visited a part of the country in the north west. There was a ring fort in town is at least 1,500 years old. Outside of town there is a stone structure that is thousands of years old.
The roads! :laughing::laughing::laughing: Well, many of the roads are really single lane lanes.
Really not hard to drive down once you figure out the process. Having said that, we were really happy at one point to be following a really large New Holland tractor. He was tall enough to be seen above the hedges and around curves. :laughing::laughing::laughing: He pulled over at one point to let us by but we motioned for him t keep on going. We were sad to seem him get to his destination. :laughing::laughing::laughing:These roads had to have been put down where there were old trails. Who knows how old. One road we went down many times was a two lane road and is part of the National roads but still very narrow by US standards. What was interesting is that the road went over a sorta flat mountain but the road was not flat but followed the land. The road had these huge humps that were like a long wave. The speed limit was pretty high, about 65 MPH or there abouts and since the road was straight you could hit the speed limit. twas quite fun hitting those humps at that speed. A ticket ride! :laughing::laughing::laughing:
Later,
Dan
