Meath Field Monuments Advisor Scheme

Farmers are the day to day managers of our landscape and are the private landowners of the majority of archaeological sites. Ancient monuments are protected by the National Monuments Act 1930 – 2004 legislation.

In response to this the Heritage Council in partnership with Meath County Council, has initiated the Field Monument Advisor Scheme which is aimed at preserving archaeological monuments located on privately owned farmland.

The objective of the programme is to support landowners in the care of archaeological monuments in their ownership. The Field Monument Advisor helps farmers by providing information on the archaeological field monuments of their land and by contributing to farmer training programmes.

Information provided by Field Monument Advisors includes:

• how to care for archaeological sites in farmland, as well as
• details on the type and known date of a site.

Farm visits can be spent working through management issues of the archaeology on the farm. Through the farmer’s interest and enthusiasm ways to care for archaeological sites can be identified as part of the day to day farming activity.

So if you farm or own land in County Meath and require information on archaeological monuments contact your Field Monument Advisor 

Please see below for an information leaflet published by the Heritage Council

Farming and Archaeology pdf, 747kb

Irish Farming Heritage pdf, 990kb

The Nature of Irish Farming pdf, 867kb

Rosanne Meenan
Field Monuments Advisor
Meath County Council
County Hall
Navan, Co. Meath
Telephone: (046) 9097404
Fax:           (046) 9097001
E-mail: rmeenan@meathcoco.ie