What is recorded here

Ten rectangular acres still mark the south bank of the Hurley River, their earthen edges and hidden quarries waiting beneath modern grass. The fields belong to the post-medieval period, yet no house has been found to explain whose hands made them. They may have fed a forgotten neighbour or supplied stone for a road now lost. The geometry remains stubbornly clear even when the story has left the area.

Located on a fairly level landscape on the S bank of an E-W section of the Hurley River. An area of about 10 acres (c. 4 ha) with earthen banks and ditches interspersed with quarries is visible on aerial photographs from the 1970s (GSIAP: O 23, 24) and later (OSAP 2005-12). The relict fields are fairly rectangular (dims c. 40-60m x c. 60-100m) and are probably an umapped post-medieval system. No house sites are identified. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 4 May 2022

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