Field system in Ballyprior, County Laois

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What is recorded here

A series of low field walls running roughly E-W across the slope of the rising ground is visible on Google earth aerial imagery. The antiquity of these field walls is uncertain. There is evidence of post-1700 activity in this area including the remains of a limekiln and quarry along with farm buildings to the N and E. Alternatively the field walls may be contemporaneous with a cashel (LA019-011001-) lnd hut site (LA019-011002-) located 200m to the W. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Murray Date of upload: 22 April 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA019-085

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