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Field system

Knockhouse Lower, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Knockhouse Lower, County Waterford, 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
Knockhouse Lower
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.25546, -7.16208
SMR number
WA009-003002-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in tillage on a gentle N-facing slope. A field system associated with a ringfort (WA009-003001-) was identified on an aerial photograph (OSAP, 9859-95, 24). The ringfort and the immediate surrounding area were fully excavated in 2015 in advance of a development following the re-zoning of the land for industrial use (Walsh and Ficner 2015). This excavation revealed a linear field ditch extending S from the outermost fosse of the ringfort, with another extending N from the northern portion of the same fosse. This northern field ditch had a couple of gaps (Wth c. 1.5m) and extends N for a length of c. 45m before turning SW for a further c. 60m, including a gap of c. 1.5m, continuing to the limit of the excavated area. Another field ditch (L c. 60m) runs roughly E-W within the excavated area, appearing to start c. 3m NE of the point where the northern field ditch turns. These ditches appear to be the remnants of an early medieval field system contemporary with the ringfort (Walsh and Ficner 2015, 13).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 13 January 2016

References

Walsh, F. and Ficner, H. 2015 Preliminary report on excavations at Archaeological Area 1 at Knockhouse Lower, Co. Waterford. Licence no. 15E0215. Unpublished archaeological excavation report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Nearby in the register

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

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