Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Moymet, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moymet
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58638, -6.82163
- SMR number
- ME030-024----
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 level landscape. In 1984 an area of about 2 ha (c. 5 acres) was occupied by relict field banks (Wth of base 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H c. 0.5m) and silted ditches (Wth c. 1.5-2m; D c. 0.2-0.4m). These features create at least four small square fields (dims c. 30m x c. 20m) and some larger ones. Ridge and furrow cultivation is noted in only one of the larger fields, and only one possible house site, visible as a grass-covered platform (dims 7.5m x c. 4m; H 0.3m), is identified. The area seems to have been reclaimed by 2000 (OSAP).
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 revision: 17 April 2019
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Gatehouseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.