Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Salterstown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Salterstown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87295, -6.30324
- SMR number
- LH016-009002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight S-facing slope. The cropmarks of small rectangular fields (dims c. 60m x c. 40m) defined by single ditch features can be seen on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995). They cover an area of c. 12 acres (c. 5 ha), and are associated with the enclosure (LH016-009001-) and the road (Wth c. 5m) that meanders W from it (L c. 50m). The church (LH016-003001-) is just to the N and the fields are probably contemporary with it. The site was first identified by Ivor Kenny.
See the attached enhanced view from Map Genie (1995)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 December, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.