Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Hynestown (newcastle By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hynestown (newcastle By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.31553, -6.49683
- SMR number
- DU021-002002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight rise in low-lying pasture. Aerial photos taken in 1971 (FSI 2.2721) show a field system in the vicinity of the castle site (ME021002001-). These run on a N-S axis and appear to radiate from rectangular enclosures.
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.