Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Coolteige, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolteige
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67928, -8.16504
- SMR number
- RO036-018003-
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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
On the N-facing slope of a plateau of karst limestone. An area of c. 23 ha (c. 90 acres) contains some large rectangular fields (dims c. 100m x c. 50m) but there are also numerous smaller rectangular or irregularly-shaped fields (dims c. 30-40m x 30-40m). The fields are defined by grass and fern-covered stone spreads (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.4m). The cashel (RO036-018002-) within the complex is connected to a field wall, and cashel (RO036-018005-) at its S extent is also connected to field walls. The road (RO036-018001-) is integral to the fields but some field walls overlie it. One house site (RO036-018004-) (int. dims 7m E-W; 3.7m N-S) defined b y a double-faced stone wall (Wth 0.8m) with an entrance (Wth 0.7m) at the W end of the N wall has been identified, but there may be others.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 29 September 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.