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Field system

Laurclavagh, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Laurclavagh, 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
Laurclavagh
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not inidicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.44110, -8.94259
SMR number
GA057-164----

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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 flat open farmland with patches of exposed limestone pavement. Aerial reconnaissance in November 1987 (ASGAP 384:28-32, 34) revealed an extensive series of field walls covering an area c. 1000m N-S by c. 600m E-W. A large number of fields of varying sizes and shapes were enclosed by collapsed stone walls. When inspected in 2008 numerous collapsed drystone walls (Wth 1.75m-2.7m; max. int. H 0.3m; max. ext. H 0.3m) were evident across a large field subrectangular field (dims. c. 500m N-S; c. 450m E-W) delimited by later drystone walls. The fields immediately to the E and S had been reclaimed. Two possible hut sites (GA057-164001- and GA057-164002-) were noted.

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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Updated by: Olive Alcock

Date of revised upload: 28 August 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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