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Field system

Owenstown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Owenstown, 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
Owenstown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.40441, -6.56333
SMR number
ME050-022----

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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)
  • 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

Situated on a fairly level landscape. A relict field system is visible on an oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP: AVT091-3) from 1968, showing large rectangular fields with rather rounded corners (dims c. 200m x c. 100m) defined by grass-covered scarps (Wth c. 5m; H 0.4-0.5m) and ditches (Wth c. 2-5m). In the corner of one current field is an area with smaller plots (dims c. 30-40m x c. 10-20m). There are some banks present but most of the plots are defined by straight ditches (Wth c. 3-5m; D 0.5m) and there are some ponds. This is a small area covering about 4 acres (c. 1.5ha) but the complete system covers an area of about 60 acres (c. 23 ha). No house sites were recognised and the larger fields could be post-medieval in date. It is also visible on more recent series of vertical imagery.

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: 29 October 2021

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

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

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