Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Hurdlestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hurdlestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70891, -6.81148
- SMR number
- ME017-025----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a fairly level landscape. An area of about 6 ha (c. 15 acres) contains relict field banks and ditches radiating from the S side of a wide drain (Wth 3-4m; D c. 0.5m; L c. 250m) forming fairly regular fields (dims c. 70m N-S; c. 30 - c. 90m E-W). No house sites are recognised and the area N of the large drain is occupied by grass-covered quarries. Although not represented on any map the fields are probably not very ancient.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 12 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.