Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Sheephouse, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheephouse
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.23177, -6.56952
- SMR number
- WX047-153----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Located on a level, low-lying landscape. The cropmarks of a field system of small fields defined by field drains or double drains are visible on digital aerial photographs (WX047-153_1 to _3) taken in 2006. The fields are c. 30-40m wide and at least 100m long springing from a central NNE-SSW spine. The fields are probably 18th century in date.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 October, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.