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Field system in Ballyboggan

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The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity at Ballyboggan (ME046-018----) is within a field system consisting of rectangular fields (dims c. 100m x c. 50m) defined by low scarps or silted ditches (Wth c. 3-6m; D 0.3-1m). The field system covers an area of about 42 acres (c. 17 ha) and an old NE-SW stream bed meanders through it c. 150m NW of the priory.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME046-017

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