Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Athdown, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athdown
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16852, -6.40089
- SMR number
- WI006-008----
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Shown on 5 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
A series of long rectilinear fields (c. 3.75 hectares) defined by low banks running down a marked slope across a modern field system. There are the remains of a small clachan with irregular fields on the S side. Recently (2006) ploughed and planted in forestry.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 11 December 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.