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Field system

Rathcoon, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Rathcoon, County Meath, 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
Rathcoon
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.70338, -6.66486
SMR number
ME018-045----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a broad fold on a gentle SW-facing slope. An area of c. 2 ha (c. 5 acres) has the cropmarks of unmapped small rectangular fields (dims c. 25m x c. 25m to c. 70m x c. 25m) and some smaller plots defined by single drains. The features are only visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. The fields are aligned generally ENE-WSW and are overlain by the cropmarks of more regular ENE-WSW drains associated with the field system recorded on OS 6-inch maps. It was first recorded by Anthony Murphy.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 27 January 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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