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Field system

Clowanstown (Skreen By., Skreen ED.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Clowanstown, 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
Clowanstown (Skreen By., Skreen ED.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55565, -6.57433
SMR number
ME038-007----

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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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 in pasture on a slight SW-facing slope. Earthwork features are visible on an oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP: AYS059-060) from 1969 and also on vertical aerial photographs from the 1970s (GSIAP: N 88, 89) and some later series of images such as Google Earth (23/09/2013). A system of rectangular fields defined by low earthen banks (Wth c. 5m; max. H 0.5m), scarps and grass-covered ditches (Wth c. 2-3.5m; D c. 0.2-0.3m) covers about 17 ha (c. 45 acres) and includes an old stream bed or a hollow way (Wth c. 4m) extending E-W across the area. The fields can be large (dims c. 90m x c. 50m) and have evidence of cultivation ridges. Some smaller plots (dims c. 30m x c. 20m) could be associated with two house sites. There are some old grass-covered quarries in the vicinity of the houses. The field banks extend W to the side of the N-S R147 Dunshaughlin to Navan road and the deserted settlement (ME038-008----) is at the SE part of the fields.

See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (23/09/2013)

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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 13 April, 2022

References

GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.

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.

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