Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Reedstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reedstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19792, -6.40173
- SMR number
- WX053-010----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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 slight E-facing slope down to Lady’s Island Lough. The cropmarks of rectangular fields (dims c. 50m x c. 50m) covering an area of c. 60 acres (c. 24 ha) are visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, ASZ 35, BDI 95, BDI 97; ASIAP, WX (105) 26-30). The fields are partially visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2000) and form strips running E-W. The ring-ditch (WX053-010003-) and rath site (WX053-010002-) are within the fields but not necessarily connected with them. No features are visible at ground level in root crops.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 25 March, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.