Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Milltown (deece Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (deece Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44136, -6.64050
- SMR number
- ME049-025----
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 fairly level landscape with a canalised N-S stream just to the E but with higher ground to the E and W. A field system covering about 15 acres (c. 6 Ha) is visible as cropmarks on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDK 12). Small irregular fields (dims c. 40m x c. 50m) are evident but they are overlaid by cultivation ridges. They do not appear on any other aerial images.
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: 27 August 2019
References
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.