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Field system

Cappakeel, County Laois, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Cappakeel, County Laois, 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
Cappakeel
County
Laois
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.08755, -7.17504
SMR number
LA009-051----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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

New monument uncovered during excavation by Ros O Maolduin under licence number 03E0633 in advance of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme.

The excavation at site F at Cappakeel townland revealed a prehistoric ring-ditch (LA009-050), a linear ditch of medieval date and a series of charcoal production pits (LA009-052). The ring-ditch was relatively small, with an internal diameter of 3.5m. It showed no evidence of any entrance but was disturbed on the NW side by a linear medieval ditch. The burnt deposits that filled the ditch indicate at least two phases of deposition. The linear medieval ditch was orientated on a NE-SW axis, It produced a crutch-headed stirrup-looped ring pin and a rotary grinding stone. The ring pin may date from approx. 1000-1050 AD. Coupled with the finds the linear ditch suggests the existence of a contemporaneous settlement in the vicinity. The ditch may be part of a medieval field system beside an enclosure similar to those recently discovered at Killickaweeny, Co. Kildare, and Balriggan, Co. Louth (Bennett 2006, 289).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Nearby in the register

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

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