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Field system

Fedamore, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Fedamore, County Limerick, 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
Fedamore
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.55224, -8.58939
SMR number
LI022-102001-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Cropmark of large enclosure (LI022-102----) and associated ridge & furrow cultivation ridges visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs and earlier OSi aerial coverage. Could be the remains of a large field or paddock at the centre of a series of small fields containing cultivation ridges of medieval date and possibly associated with the medieval manor of Fedamore. Fedamore Church (LI022-100001-) and site of Fedamore Castle (LI022-140----) 220m to S and 500m to SW respectively.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 2 March 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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