@ihtaria.bsky.socialFethard was established on an elevated site within a loop of the River Clashawley. The location offered natural protection, fertile agricultural land and commanding views of the surrounding countryside.
Its Irish name, Fiodh Aird, means "the high wood".
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialFethard is one of Ireland's finest surviving medieval walled towns. Founded in the early 13th cent as an Anglo-Norman borough, Fethard was laid out as a planned settlement whose streets, market place and walls still shape the town today.
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialThis week we are in #Fethard for our #MapMonday thread.
Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 13, Fethard by Tadhg O'Keeffe was originally published by the @ria.ie in 2003
@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.socialThis 'Plan of the City & Suburbs of Exeter', dating back to 1792, was surveyed by Charles Tozer and engraved by Thomas Yeakell.
Which landmarks can you identify that still exist today? And what has changed?
📷 Townsend Maps T16f
![Plan of Exeter, extending as far as St Thomas in the south and to the top of Sidwell Street in the north. It includes a legend to the churches in Exeter in the upper right corner and a dedication statement to the Mayor, Recorder, Sheriff, Aldermen and commonalty of Exeter in the upper left corner. It also features a drawing of a woman (goddess?), seated under a tree, holding a shield and wearing a blue dress, and indicating with her left hand towards the title and Rougemont Castle in the background. Near her left foot is a pile of books, including one marked 'Hist[or]y of Devon'. The plan is mostly shaded in greys and browns, with some accents in blue and yellow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreibbia6gosxxhhprvige3htm7nx3gayjqvfyj4fdvd4g642fytf76i@jpeg)
@nordregio.bsky.social🗺️ The Nordic population is projected to grow by 2045.
Growth concentrates around urban and coastal areas.
Many rural, remote and northern municipalities are expected to shrink. In some areas, declines could exceed 10%.
See more: nordregio.org/maps/project...
@bcsmaps.bsky.social#MapMonday On this day in 1915, Cecil Chubb bought the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge for £6,600. It was later donated to the British nation.
We love this map by John Speed (1552–1629) historian and cartographer of the site.
heritageaction.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/s...
@quillofdamocles.bsky.socialHappy #mapmonday #ttrpgcommunity!
Next week, we're continuing the Train theme; this time with the Train Station Platform, designed to map perfectly onto the thoroughfare that comes with the Lobby! NEXT FRIDAY!
@ria.ieThis #MapMonday is focused on Kilkenny!
Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 10 Kilkenny by John Bradley was originally published by the RIA in 2000
Check @ihtaria.bsky.social to explore highlights from the IHTA, a research programme based at the RIA
@marcoportal.bsky.social#MondayMapDay: Preserved #openspace and parklands on the #LongIsland coast. View an interactive map on the Portal: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortene...
@riordanfrost.bsky.socialHappy #MapMonday! This interactive map of interstate migration from Pew has a striking finding: pandemic-era migration into New England wasn't driven by young adults, but instead by higher-income working-age & retirement-age movers.
@goldwagnathan.bsky.socialHappy #MapMonday! Is this what the world could have looked like if Alexander the Great hadn't died in 323 BCE????
No.
@ihtaria.bsky.socialTo discover more on #Kilkenny's urban history you can freely access Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 10 Kilkenny by John Bradley.
Kilkenny is one of 29 atlases that are freely available on #IHTAOnline
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialKilkenny was never one place but several connected settlements. Irishtown, the Anglo-Norman Hightown, and the suburb of St John's were linked by bridges, roads and markets while retaining distinct identities still evident today
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialAt the centre stood the Tholsel. Located near Crokker's Cross, where High St, Patrick St and Rose Inn Str converged, the Tholsel functioned as courthouse, treasury, council chamber and custom house.
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialBetween cathedral and castle, a planned town emerged.
The Hightown was organised around High Street, with regularly laid-out burgage plots extending behind properties towards the town wall. Many of today's narrow lanes and property boundaries still reflect this medieval layout.
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialThe cathedral stands on a hill above the Nore within the footprint of an earlier ecclesiastical enclosure. Today's curving streets, including Vicar St, Dean St & St Canice's Place, trace parts of this early medieval boundary before the Anglo-Norman arrival
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialBefore the Anglo-Normans arrived, Kilkenny was an important ecclesiastical settlement centred on St Canice's & the crossing point of the River Nore.
The creation of a second urban core followed that transformed Kilkenny into medieval Ireland's leading inland city
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@ihtaria.bsky.socialWe move inland to Kilkenny for our next #MapMonday thread.
Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 10 Kilkenny by John Bradley was originally published by the @ria.ie in 2000
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