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APPENDICES 1. Sample Survey Cover Letter 2. Sample Survey Forms 3. Google Earth: some tips and hints 4. Translation 5. Other Field Name Surveys 6. Useful Websites 7. Sample survey spreadsheet 47
Sample Survey Cover Letter : The ——————— Field Name Survey Dear_________________________________________ This is an invitation to take part in the ———————- Field Name Survey which aims to gather together as much of the heritage relating to our local landscape as possible before it disappears. We are especially interested in recording as many of the old field names as we can. Due to the needs of modern farming practices many of the old fields have proved too small to be viable and they have been consolidated into larger units. As the field disappears so too does the name. With the name disappears a part of the history of a place and of those who have lived here before us. The ————————Field Name Survey is recording the local landscape history of the ———- townlands in the old civil parish of ——————- . These are: ( List your townlands here). Enclosed is a map within which your fields may lie. Also enclosed are two pencils, one coloured. We will be grateful if you can colour in all the fields within your farm. Please, using the plain pencil, then number any of those fields on the map for which you, or your family, can recall a name. Also enclosed is a Survey Form. It will be most helpful if you can write the names of the fields appropriate to their numbers on your map along with the townland in which they are located. We will also be grateful for any other information about your fields which you might be able to provide such as old monument bushes, fairy thorns, lime kilns mass rocks, etc. Such information can be listed in the Field Notes section. During Heritage Week 20— there will be an exhibition in ————- Hall in which all of the field names and folklore information that we are able to record will be exhibited. Your co-operation will be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions about the project or about how else you might like to participate, please call :056———-, or 087————. There will be another visit in a couple of weeks to collect the maps and, hopefully, to talk some more with you about them and the field names you have recorded. We can also complete the survey form together at that time if this seems more suitable. With thanks, ——————————————————. 48
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