Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Ballyprior, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyprior
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.97962, -7.13236
- SMR number
- LA019-085----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A series of low field walls running roughly E-W across the slope of the rising ground is visible on Google earth aerial imagery. The antiquity of these field walls is uncertain. There is evidence of post-1700 activity in this area including the remains of a limekiln and quarry along with farm buildings to the N and E. Alternatively the field walls may be contemporaneous with a cashel (LA019-011001-) lnd hut site (LA019-011002-) located 200m to the W.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Murray
Date of upload: 22 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.