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Field system

Patrickswell, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Patrickswell, 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
Patrickswell
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.49581, -8.50721
SMR number
LI032-065001-

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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

In rocky pasture on the NE summit and around Knockderc in Patrickswell townland, 180m E of the townland boundary with Loughgur. The field system is later than and overlies the stone circle (LI032-065003-); it is located on the NW side of the hill 140m E of the stone circles (LI032-064----)-; St Patrick’s Well, church and graveyard (LI032-063001/002/003/004-) are located 440m to N and Caheer Baelee (LI032-065004-) and a further stone circle (LI032-065002-) are located 330m to SW.
The field system is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map but is later partially depicted as a single E-W orientated wall S of a stone circle (LI032-065003-) on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch and the Cassini 6-inch map. Field boundaries are visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. In addition to the E-W field wall, further relic field boundaries extend N and S from the stone circle (LI032-065003-). A rectangular field enclosure (ext. dims. c. 44m N-S; 95m E-W) survives as an earthwork in the field surface under the existing field system on the NE side of Knockderc 290m ENE of the stone circle (LI032-065003-), this may be a separate or linked early field system. The field system is faintly visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AVT018) taken 20/07/1968 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 16/03/2016 and 20/09/2020. The aerial images clearly show that the field system overlies the stone circle (LI032-065003-) and is not to the S of it as depicted on the OSi maps.

See attached Cambridge Aerial photos AVT018 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 18 November 2020

See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 303/28 and 29 taken 13/09/2002.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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