Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Leonardstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leonardstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46252, -6.62580
- SMR number
- ME043-043----
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
Situated on a fairly level landscape. Relict field banks covering about 2.5 ha (c. 6 acres) are visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: APE 7). The banks (Wth c. 3-5m; H up to 0.8m) and scarps (H c. 0.5m) create small rectangular, grass-covered plots (dims c. 14m x c. 16m to c. 20m x c. 30m) with wide silted ditches (Wth c. 3-4m; D c. 0.5m) between them. No house platforms were recognised. Archaeological testing (07E0660) by C. Duffy immediately to the NE produced no related material (excavation.ie 2007:1348). Further archaeological testing (09E0021) by C. Duffy at the E edge of the area had a similar result (excavations 2009:649). In 2016 archaeological testing (16E0308) by I. Russell just to the NW produced no related material (excavations.ie 2016:456).
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 revision: 26 August 2019
Amended: 16 February 2021, 29 December 2022
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.