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Field system

Tlachta, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Tlachta, 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
Tlachta
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.62571, -6.88132
SMR number
ME030-040----

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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)
  • 1869 · 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

Located on the gentle E-facing slope of the broad Hill of Ward or Tlachta. A remote sensing survey (14R0059) in the field E of the Tlachta earthwork (ME030-001----) identified a number of linear features some of which are interpreted as a roadway (TLE2) connecting the visible rath with the settlement cluster (ME030-34----) which is c. 700m to its E. The routes centre on a pond (TLE4), around which are three or four rectangular enclosures or fields (dims 63m x 36m to 93m x 55m), some of which may have associated house platforms. (Davis 2017, 4, 5)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 21 April, 2017

References

Davis, S. 2017 Hill of Ward, Tlachtga, Athboy. Geophysical survey report (Interim). Licence numbers: 12R0057, 12R0058, 12R0059 and 12R0055. Unpublished report, UCD School of Archaeology

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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