Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Hammondtown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hammondtown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52352, -6.42597
- SMR number
- ME039-022----
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 on a gently undulating landscape. A grass-covered relict field system covering about 3.5 ha (c. 8.5 acres) is visible most clearly on Google Earth (28/01/2017; 16/03/2021) but is also visible on other dates and on other series of images. The fields are small (dims c. 40m x c. 30m) and appear to be defined by ditches (Wth c. 5-7m). An ENE-WSW linear feature (Wth c. 10-12m; L c. 250m) through the centre of the fields and defined by ditches on either side could be a roadway, but no houses are positively identified. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (28/01/2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 October, 2021
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.