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Field system

Hammondtown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Hammondtown, 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
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----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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 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

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

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