Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Doire Longáin, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doire Longáin
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61917, -6.82717
- SMR number
- ME030-028----
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 in a fairly level landscape with a slight slope down to the N. Aerial photographs from the 1940s (ACAP: V306 / 1384, 1383) show earthen banks covering an area of about 5 acres (c. 1.5ha) creating small rectangular fields (dims c. 30m x c. 20m). It is less distinct on the ground but relict field ditches (Wth 2-3m; D 0.2m) are visible creating sub-rectangular or oval fields (dims c. 30-40m x c. 20-30m). No house sites are identified and ridge and furrow cultivation is not present.
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
ACAP - Air Corps Aerial Photographs. Baldonnel. Co. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.