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Field system

Coolmeen (Athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Coolmeen, 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
Coolmeen (Athlone North By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.60334, -8.26146
SMR number
RO041-010----

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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 (GSIAP: M 156-7), and situated on the gentle S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge of karst. An area of about 6 ha (c. 18 acres) contains relict field walls visible as stone spreads (Wth c. 1m) which are generally aligned N-S. Archaeological testing (02E1839) by the roadside at the W edge failed to produce any related archaeological material (Read 2004n).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 21st January, 2011.

References

GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.

Read, C. 2004n Coolmeen: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 453, No. 1599. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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