Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Gortaganny (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortaganny (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53555, -8.17556
- SMR number
- RO044-027004-
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
Visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: APH 25-6), and situated towards the bottom of a gentle SW-facing slope. An area of about 19 acres (c. 12 ha) containing relict field banks which create rectangular fields of c. 2 ha and which appear to abut but not to overlie rath (RO044-027001-) and ringfort (RO044-027002-). It is not visible at ground level in pasture.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.