What is recorded here

Field system in Ballaghabawmore,ballybeg (roscommon By., Ogulla Ed),cargin Demesne,carns,carrowgarve (roscommon By.),lismurtagh (castlereagh By.),lismurtagh (roscommon By.),manor is a field system in Ballaghabawmore,ballybeg (roscommon By., Ogulla Ed),cargin Demesne,carns,carrowgarve (roscommon By.),lismurtagh (castlereagh By.),lismurtagh (roscommon By.),manor, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a relict field system of parallel field banks and cross-walls forming large rectangular fields interrupted by smaller plots linked to local settlements and the church at Carns. The pattern covers about four square kilometres on the broad Carnfree ridge and extends across Ballaghabawmore, Cargin Demesne and Lissacurkia. A roadway running north from Carnfree appears to cut through and post-date the larger fields.

On the broad WNW-ESE ridge of Carnfree centering on the area from rath (RO028-063----) at W to the church (RO028-075005-) at the E and extending S into Ballaghabawmore (c. 1km) and N into the low ground of Cargin Demesne and the higher ground of Lissacurkia, c. 1.5m to the N, regardless of the undulations of the terrain. An area of c. 4 km square has a relict field pattern consisting of parallel field banks (L c. 1.5km) placed c. 100-200m apart generally running E-W or NE-SW and with cross-walls creating fields of c. 4 ha. Generally the large rectangular fields would appear to be interupted by the smaller plots that are coeval with the settlements (RO028-072011-; RO028-074----), and the church at Carns (RO028-075005-). The roadway (RO028-062----) running N from Carnfree (RO028-069----) appears to overlie and post-date the larger fields. This area also contains the prehistoric ritual centre of Carnfree and its associated monuments. (Herity 1988, 73-6; Shanahan 2009b, 134) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15th September, 2010

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