Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Belpere (skreen By., Skreen Ed), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belpere (skreen By., Skreen Ed)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57344, -6.60537
- SMR number
- ME037-002003-
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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 small S-N spur on the E-facing side of the N-S Tara ridge. The cropmarks of three enclosures defined by fosse features, and a field system also defined by fosses or ditches can be seen on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP: ATC 33-37) from the 1970s. The interpretation of the features is overcomplicated by Newman (1997, 206-07), but the cropmarks do not appear on any other images. The fields are rectangular (dims c. 40m x c. 30m) and defined by ditch features. They are attached to the arc of enclosure (ME037-002001-) on the W side and together with the other enclosures occupy an area of about 7 acres (c. 2.5 ha).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
References
Newman, C. 1997 Tara: an archaeological survey. Discovery Programme Monographs 2. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.