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Field system in Ballyfoyle

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Aerial photographs (GB89.W.37 and GB89.X.01) show interconnected curvilinear and rectilinear fosses indicative of a field system associated with a sub-circular enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA026-037001

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