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Field system

Kilmashogue, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Kilmashogue, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilmashogue
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.25145, -6.26790
SMR number
DU025-008001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

These partially peat-covered features are located on the N and W slopes of Kilmashogue Mountain. They comprise a network of drystone-built walls stretching for c. 1km. The main axis of the earlier co-axial system runs NW-SE cutting across the contours with a focus, on the summit. The second system radiates from a subcircular enclosure in a naturally level platform on the N slopes of the mountain. This impressive enclosure (int. diam. c. 60m) is defined by a drystone-built wall (Wth 2m; H 1m). The interior has uneven stony areas. Aerial photographic coverage of the site indicates a central internal enclosure (OS Flight 9, 2271). There is an opening in the NW. Field walls radiate from the enclosure at the NE, SSE, SSW and W and across the main field system running NW-SE (Cooney 1985, 28-30). The scale of the earlier co-axial field system and the occurrence of megalithic tombs in the vicinity suggests that it is of prehistoric date and unique within the county.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy

Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

References

Cooney, G. 1985b Photogrammetric surveys in archaeology and architecture. Survey Ireland, 28-30.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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