Field system in Balsaw, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a level landscape. Aerial photographs from c. 1950 (ACAP: V307/1590) and 1973 (GSIAP: N 269) show the cropmarks of a rectangular field system associated with enclosure sites (ME018-016----). The fields (dims c. 70m x c. 50m) are aligned N-S generally and not with the current field system. They cover and area of about 35acres (c. 14 ha). Baldonnel, Co. Dublin GSIAP – Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey, Beggars Bush, Haddington Rd., Dublin 4.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME018-015

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