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Field system

Oldtown (Shillelogher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Oldtown, County Kilkenny, 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
Oldtown (Shillelogher By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.58856, -7.27842
SMR number
KK023-134----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. 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

Aerial photographs (GB96.GA.15, 20 July 1996; ASIAP (22) 0, 2-3, August 1996) show a cropmark of the fosse of a circular enclosure (KK023-134----), with an E-facing entrance. Faint linear fosses immediately NW of the enclosure and running NE-SE suggested an associated field system (KK023-134----). There is another cropmark enclosure (KK023-135----) c. 200m to the NW which also has an associated field system (KK023-136----), though the latter could also be part of the NE-SE field system.

See attached:
KK023-135----_01 aerial photograph (ASIAP (22) 0, 2-3, August 1996)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland

Date of revised upload: 13 September 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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