Rural Settlement Patterns (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards
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4 main types of rural settlement patterns
4 main types of rural settlement patterns
Nucleated, linear, dispersed, absence of settlement
Nucleated settlement
Nucleated settlement
Houses grouped together in clusters at focal points
Where nucleated settlements commonly form
Where nucleated settlements commonly form
Road junctions, river crossings, housing estates
Linear settlement
Linear settlement
Houses built in a line along roads for easy access
When linear settlement became popular in Ireland
When linear settlement became popular in Ireland
1960s to 1990s
Why linear settlement was popular 1960s-90s
Why linear settlement was popular 1960s-90s
Roads gained electricity, water, sewage access
Road frontage
Road frontage
Property facing directly onto a road
Dispersed settlement
Dispersed settlement
Isolated, scattered dwellings across wide countryside
Open-field system before 18th century
Open-field system before 18th century
Common land where all animals grazed together
What caused dispersed settlement pattern
What caused dispersed settlement pattern
18th century Agricultural Revolution divided common land
Absence of settlement
Absence of settlement
No settlement due to area unsuitable for habitation
Physical terrain causing absence of settlement
Physical terrain causing absence of settlement
Mountains, steep slopes, difficult terrain
Waterlogged areas causing absence of settlement
Waterlogged areas causing absence of settlement
Bogs, marshes, floodplains prone to flooding
Focal point
Focal point
Central meeting place where roads converge
Rundale system
Rundale system
Ancient land system where plots rented by multiple tenants