Field system in Ballybride, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

An area of about 5 ha (c. 13 acres) contains rectangular fields (dims c. 100m x c. 30m) defined by earthen banks (Wth. c. 1.5m), scarps and fosses (Wth c. 1.5m) attached to the W and N of concentric enclosure (RO039-0512001-), and a house-site (RO039-051004-) (int. dims 15.8m NW-SE; 8.2m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks (Wth 1.3-1.8m; H 0.1-0.35m) is associated with the fields. Rath (RO039-052001-) and annexe (RO039-052002-) are c. 200m to the NE, on the other side of a NW-SE stream.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO039-051003

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