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Field system

Courtwood, County Laois, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Courtwood, 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
Courtwood
County
Laois
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.08678, -7.08016
SMR number
LA009-053001-

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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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 photograph (GB89.AI.32) shows cropmarks of a field system comprising two rectangular fields delineated by broad fosses attached to an enclosure (probably a plough-levelled ringfort (LA009-053) and forming part of a wider cropmark landscape comprising curvilinear and rectilinear components, one with a clear entrance, and a trackway.

Nearby in the register

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

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