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Field system

Ross (Clare By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Ross, County Galway, 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
Ross (Clare By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.47963, -9.13166
SMR number
GA041-047004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

In low-lying pastureland in the immediate vicinity of Ross Errilly friary (GA041-047----). Aerial reconnaissance (CUCAP AYO 11; ASGAP 349:3-4) in 1969 and again in 1986 showed a pattern of roughly rectangular fields, defined by earthen banks, covering an area 280m NE-SW by 130m NW-SE. Traces of cultivation ridges were clearly visible within them. In 1969, a substantial bank and fosse were visible along its E and S limits but these had been partially removed by 1986. This may be part of 'the enclosing wall and ditch [of the monastery]' referred to by Cochrane (1901, 335-6), though its line runs well inside the position of the gatehouse (GA041-047001-).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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