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Field system

Sheegeeragh, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Sheegeeragh, 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
Sheegeeragh
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75341, -8.23319
SMR number
RO028-233002-

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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 plateau of rock outcrop. An area of about 24 acres (c. 10 ha) has relict field banks or walls. Two oval grass-covered fields (dims 44m E-W x 28m N-S; c. 60m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by grass-covered stone spreads (Wth 1-2m; H 0.2m) with other curvilinear walls extending out to the NW where one terminates at cashel (RO028-232----), SW and SE. The larger S field has the cairn (RO028-133----) on its perimeter at SE, and a subcircular hut-site (RO028-233001-) (int. dims 6.3m N-S; 4m E-W) is attached to the W side of the perimeter at E. At SW the perimeter of this field is overlain by a rectangular house site (RO028-233003-) of two rooms (ext. dims 20.2m N-S; 8m E-W) with an attached rectangular enclosure (int. dims 20m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE) to its SW. At the NW summit of the plateau is a quarry with a grass-covered cairn (diam. 12m; H 0.2-0.8m) which has been quarried (diam. 5m) at the centre. Included within the fields are the possible passage tombs (RO028-134----; RO028-135----).

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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