Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Bey More, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bey More
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69231, -6.34988
- SMR number
- ME020-096001-
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
Located on a slight N-facing slope, and these features are only visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). The cropmark ditches of fields extend off to the N of rath (ME020-096----), although not actually connected with it. The ditches cover an area of about 7 acres (c. 3 ha) and form rectangular fields (dims c. 35m x c. 40m) with rounded corners. There are some narrow passages or roads (Wth c. 5-10m) between some of the fields but no houses or structures can be distinguished. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.