Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Warren Or Drum, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Warren Or Drum
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98171, -8.28425
- SMR number
- RO006-026002-
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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
On the N-facing slope of a ridge beside the S bank of the W-E Boyle River, c. 1km from where it enters Lough Key. D-shaped, wedge-shaped and rectangular grass-covered fields (average dims. c. 30m x 25m) cover an area of 4.5 ha. The field boundaries are defined by earthen banks (Wth 4-5m), scarps (H 0.3-1.5m) and grass-covered, stone spreads. Archaeological excavation in a field to the SE recovered a further portion as a field drain (L 11m; Wth 1m; D 0.3m) (Read 2009a). A disused grass-covered roadway (RO006-026004-) (L c. 150m; Wth 5.5-6m) runs NE-SW through the field-system. It may have been connected with the road (RO006-027----) c. 400m to the NE on the other side of the river, and with the road (RO006-077002-) c. 2km to the S. The church (RO006-026001-) and souterrain (RO006-026002-) are within the area.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Read, C. 2009a Warren or Drum, Boyle: medieval field system. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 454, No. 1712. Dublin. Wordwell.
Halpin, A. 2009 Warren or Drum, Boyle: no archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 454, No. 1712, Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.