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Field system

Glenvela,Gortnasillagh, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Glenvela, Gortnasillagh, County Roscommon, 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
Glenvela,Gortnasillagh
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.77862, -8.36481
SMR number
RO021-069001-

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

On a level landscape. An area of c. 17 ha (c. 42 acres) contains relict field banks creating rectangular fields (dims c. 50m x 100m to c. 100m x 200m) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.4m). Also within the area are lines of pits (RO021-069003-) (dims c. 10m x 2m; D 0.3m) aligned E-W which are placed c. 10-30m apart, the lines being c. 30-40m apart. At the S edge of the fields there is an E-W roadway (RO021-069002-) (Wth 6-8m; surviving L c. 200m) defined by earth and stone banks (Wth 1.5-2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m). A drystone wall and townland boundary with Gortnasillagh is its N boundary. It is indicated as extending c. 300m further W on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, and it would have met road (RO027-013----) c. 350m E of the surviving section. Attached to the road on the N side is a rectangular enclosure (RO021-069004-) (int. dims 29.5m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by earth and stone banks (Wth 2.3-2.7m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 0.4-1m) and a silted fosse or drain (Wth c. 2m; D 0.2-0.5m) on all sides except the S. There is local knowledge of a church site (RO021-069005-) S of the roadway in Glenvela in an area which is now reclaimed.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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