Field system in Blackland, County Dublin

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A possible field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 together with other features including two circular enclosures (DU008-052001- & DU008-0520032-) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Geophysical survey by the Discovery Programme LIARI Project, identified a complex mosaic of rectilinear, circular and petal‐shaped enclosures and other features extending over an area of more than 1ha. The layout of these features suggest they are defined by a series of adjoining and overlapping ditches and trenches associated with several phases of land division and possible settlement. The intensity of the magnetic responses exhibited by these features varies considerably, with some particularly strong anomalies likely to relate to ditches that contain significant quantities of burnt (as well as decaying organic) material (Dowling 2013, 14). See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 December 2014

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU008-052003

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