Field system

The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle rise in pastureland overlooking a bend in the Clogharevaun River to the E. This field system was located to the SE and S of a tower house (GA097-084001-) and bawn (GA097-084003-). It comprised three rectangular fields and traces of two others that were defined by grass-covered earthen banks (Wth 1-2.5m; H 0.7m max.). The largest field (14 hectares) lay alongside and to the S of the S wall of the bawn. Two smaller fields adjoined it to the SE. About 20m to the NE of these traces of the two other fields were visible (Cody 1989, 361, Fig. 22). Cody (ibid.) suggested that the field system was most likely associated with the occupancy of the tower house. In September 1995 land reclamation had removed all traces of the field system (Connolly 1995, 7).

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 5 September 2018

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1995).

References

Connolly, A. 1995 Archaeological report on the destruction of earthworks in Clougharevaun townland, Kiltullagh, Co. Galway. Archaeological Services Unit, University College Galway. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Cody, E. 1989 An archaeological survey of the barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.