Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Kilteasheen, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilteasheen
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.00241, -8.20140
- SMR number
- RO006-012002-
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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 high ground on the N bank of the W-E Boyle River as it leaves Lough Key. An area of c. 4 ha of pasture contains about fifteen small fields (dims c. 20m x c. 20m to c. 30m x 60m) defined by low banks, scarps or grass-covered stone spreads. The fields are largely rectangular, but triangular and D-shaped forms also occur. The fields are probably associated with the Bishop's Palace (RO006-013002-) and the burial ground (RO012001-) on the S edge of the fields. One large enclosure (diam. c. 80m) defined by an earth and stone bank with an outer fosse is centred on the burial ground and it may be an ecclesiastical enclosure (Read 2010d, 43, 54, fig. 2.4).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Read, C. 2010d Remembering where the bishop sat: exploring perceptions of the past at the Bishop's Seat, Kilteasheen, Co. Roscommon. In T. Finan (ed.), Medieval Lough Cé, 41-66. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.