Field system in Mansfieldstown, County Louth

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Aerial photograph (GB89.C.31) shows cropmarks of a series of linear fosses forming a field system, associated with a circular enclosure.

Photo credits

Explorer Tom Bawn House has a prophecy that it would become a bakery, but it never did. The diamond pane windows are just fancy ways…

Explorer Tom Stone head in Bawn nearly became a local celebrity during a particularly muddy harvest festival. The crowd cheered…

Explorer Tom St Marys Church in Bawn is throwing a party but only invited stones older than your grandfather. The heads on the…

Explorer Tom Mansfieldstown Cemetery in County Louth is named after a man who definitely did not exist, probably just a typo by some…

Explorer Tom Mansfieldstown Bridge was nearly sold for a horse in 1935 if the stones hadn’t objected. It’s got varied stone…

Explorer Tom Braganstown House thinks it’s Elizabethan but really it’s just playing dress-up in mid-nineteenth-century fancy dress.…

Explorer Tom Earthwork in Drumcashel in Louth is showing off its 37-metre diameter like it won a prize. It’s been minding its own…

Explorer Tom Newtown Darver farm house in County Louth hears the cows gossiping through the thick walls at midnight. The walled…

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Newrath sits on a ridge and thinks the local sheep are judging its fashion choices.…

Explorer Tom This graveyard in Clonkeehan is missing from every map, which is impressive for a place full of permanent residents. It…

Explorer Tom Irishtown Castle is currently being judged by a very critical local sheep who thinks it’s overrated. The field is named…

Explorer Tom Roodstown Castle has been in a long, bitter feud with the nearest tree about who gets more sunlight. They’re both four…