Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Monktown (skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monktown (skreen By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60134, -6.56912
- SMR number
- ME032-079----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the top of the NE-facing slope of Skreen Hill. The cropmarks of small rectangular fields (dims c. 20m x c. 20m to c. 30m x c. 50m) defined by single fosse features and covering an area of about 8 acres (c. 3 ha) are visible on aerial photographs (ME032-079_1 to _3).
Compiled by Michael Moore based on details provided by Oliver and Noel Murphy.
Date of upload: 7 August, 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.