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Field system

Stonepark (Ballymoe By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Stonepark, 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
Stonepark (Ballymoe By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.41668, -8.70575
SMR number
GA058-099002-

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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 rough pastureland, with outcropping limestone, sloping to the S. This relict field system extends over an area c. 430m NE-SW by c. 370m NW-SE across modern fields, and is clearly visible on recent aerial imagery (Google Earth 2009; OSi MapGenie imagery 2013-2018) and on the ground. All the walls are defined by grassed-over collapsed stone spreads. An enclosure (GA058-099001-) and possible cashel (GA058-099003-) are located within it. The main features clearly visible on the ground are a small field (c. 18m N-S; c. 18m E-W) immediately to the S of the enclosure, to the S off which there is a larger rectangular field (ENE-WSW c. 31m; NNE-SSW c. 25m). The S side (Wth 0.6-0.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m) of the latter field is the best preserved wall. A lower, more collapsed, spread (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.3m) extends off the W end of its S side and curves westwards but is obscured by furze growth. A small annexe or structure (int. dims. c. 3m E-W; 2.5m N-S; Wth of spread 2.5m; ext. H 0.5m at N) abuts the W end of its N side. A modern field wall cuts through this field, from its NE corner to just inside its SE corner, which is also well preserved. A second large field (c. 34m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNE-SSE), subrectangular in plan, is visible c. 20m to the W of the enclosure. Its W wall continues further towards the N (L c. 50m) and then curves towards SE and extends to the NE corner of the enclosure. On the MapGenie aerial imagery, another field wall (L c. 100m), running NE-SW, and curving towards the W at its S end, is visible in the next field to the S.

The following images have been uploaded:
GA058-099002-_01.jpg General view of S side of field wall, from S
GA058-099002-_02.jpg Detail of collapsed nature of the wall, from S

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 29 November 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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