Field system in Anbally, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In undulating pastureland, some 200m to SW of tower house (GA057-001----). Several grassed-over collapsed field walls and traces of two collapsed houses (L 8m, Wth 5m) are visible. The field system covers an area c. 400m E-W by c. 350m N-S. (CUCAP ATF 15; ASGAP 167:74-5) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA057-003

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