Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Drishaghaun West, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drishaghaun West
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76883, -8.34282
- SMR number
- RO027-086001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At the crest of a NE-facing slope. An area of c. 4 acres (c. 1.5 ha) contains rectangular fields (dims. c. 40m x c. 17m) defined by scarps earthen banks and ditches. Two house platforms (RO027-085002-) (dims 5m x 3m; 6m x 3m) located close together at the centre and defined by low scarps (H 0.2m) can be identified.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.