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Field system

Kinitty, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Kinitty, 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
Kinitty
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.70345, -8.22732
SMR number
RO035-034002-

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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

Visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: AJN 85-88), and situated on the gentle W-facing slope of a N-S valley. An area of about 27 acres (c. 11 ha) contains the remains of a field system defined by earthen banks (Wth 1.5-2.3m; H 0.1-0.5m) creating rectangular fields (dims c. 50-100m x c. 50m) aligned WNW-ESE. At the centre, and integral with the fields, is a rectangular enclosure (RO035-034001-) (dims 24.5m WNW-ESE; 15.7m NNE-SSW) defined by earthen banks (Wth 2-2.5m; H 0.1-0.4m) with an entrance (Wth 1m) towards the W end of the perimeter at S and just E of a house site (RO035-034003-) (int. dims 11m E-W; 3.5m N-S) of two rooms with doorways (Wth 0.8m) at the centre of the long walls. There is a second house site (RO035-034005-) (int. dims c. 5m N-S; 2.3m E-W) at the NW angle of the enclosure.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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