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Field system

Cloonagashel, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Cloonagashel, County Sligo, 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
Cloonagashel
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.10430, -8.47126
SMR number
SL033-075001-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In gently undulating pasture. A fragmented pattern of field boundaries, covering an area c. 300m x c. 400m, is visible in an aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJR 22) as low linear field boundaries underlying the modern field system. This relict field system is on a NE-SW axis while the overlying system is generally on a N-S axis. Traces of low earthen banks (Wth 2m; H 0.5m), with corresponding fosses (D 0.3m), are visible on the ground. A rectangular enclosure (SL033-075002-) lies within this field system. A large circular enclosure (SL033-077001-) and three raths (SL033-076----; SL033-077002-; SL033-078----) lie immediately to the W and N. Another relict linear field boundary (Wth 2.6m; H c. 0.4m; L c. 300m) on a NNW-SSE axis, with a fosse (D 0.2m) on its E side, cuts through the circular enclosure (SL033-077001-) and two of the raths (SL033-076----; SL033-077002-).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).

Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Nearby in the register

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

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