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Field system

Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Toberrory, 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
Toberrory
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.80962, -8.29964
SMR number
RO022-056032-

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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 the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge, and part of the unified field system at Rathcroghan. A roadway (RO022-056034-) (Wth c. 5-10m) defined by earth and stone banks runs W from Flanagan's Fort ring-barrow (RO022-056038-) (L c. 850m), and overlies the two outer enclosing banks of Rathscreg barrow (RO02256035-). Archaeological testing (02E0026) c. 150-200m W of its visible W end failed to produce any evidence of its continuation in that direction (Read 2004j). Towards its W end it is crossed by a N-S road (RO022-056033-) extending N (L c. 100m), which has a branch road (Wth 5-6m; L c. 100m) defined by earthen banks running E c. 100m N of the junction. The N-S road may have continued further N, to the E of Courtmoyle rath (RO022-056028-), and also further S. Large rectangular fields (dims c. 300m x c. 150m) are attached to these roads covering an area of c. 50 ha, and pits (RO022-056047-) (dims c. 3-10m x c. 2m; D 0.5m), frequently aligned with the roads, abound in the area. The fields (RO022-056031-) are to the E of a NW-SE public road, and the fields (RO022-057003-) are SW of the NW-SE Tulsk to Ballaghaderreen road (N5). (Knox 1914a, 20-3; 1918a, 157-9; Herity 1983, 130-1; 1988, 72, Toberrory 6; Waddell 1983, 39, No. 37)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.

Read, C. 2004j Toberrory: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 460, No. 1629. Bray. Wordwell.

Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.

Knox, H.T. 1918a Cruachan Ai Roads and avenues. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 48, 157-63.

Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.

Nearby in the register

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

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