Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Glen of the Downs. You may be able to find further references to Glen of the Downs in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Glen of the Downs	a finely wooded ravine	Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Glen of the Downs within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
Arthur Young	11th to 20th July 1776: Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin	1

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer