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Field system

Coolderry, County Laois, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Coolderry, 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
Coolderry
County
Laois
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.87537, -7.42858
SMR number
LA029-079----

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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

In tillage. Portion of a field system which pre-dates the 19th-century field system on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The field boundaries are visible as cropmarks on Google Earth (imagery date 28 June 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. It consists of a field boundary running NNW-SSE (L c. 280m) with field boundaries running eastward from this boundary.

See attached Google Earth image taken 28 June 2018

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 9 April 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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