Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Carstown (ferrard By; Ballymakenny Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carstown (ferrard By; Ballymakenny Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76098, -6.32442
- SMR number
- LH021-085001-
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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 gentle E-facing slope. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 30m NNW-SSE; c. 30m ENE-WSW) defined by a fosses or drains is visible only on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during 2018. There are faint traces of an internal D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 17m ENE-WSW; c. 15m NNW-SSE) at the S angle. The enclosure is at the focus of a field system (LH021-085002-) consisting of small, irregularly rectangular fields (dims c. 40m x c. 10-30m) defined by the cropmarks of single drains, which cover an area of about 5 hectares (c. 13 acres). The features were reported separately by Matthew Mullen-Reynolds and Anthony Murphy at about the same time.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.