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Field system in Bottomstown

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In rough pasture, immediately N of an enclosure (LI040-218----). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a field system by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 96; AP 5/2104). Described by the ASI as a possible series of rectilinear enclosures (sub-divisions of a narrow field) visible on oblique…

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In rough pasture, immediately N of an enclosure (LI040-218----). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a field system by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 96; AP 5/2104). Described by the ASI as a possible series of rectilinear enclosures (sub-divisions of a narrow field) visible on oblique aerial photograph taken 05/01/2003 (ASIAP (349) 18). Monument visible as rectilinear cropmarks (dims. c. 335m N-S x 170m E-W), some perpendicular to each other on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Field system clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage 20/03/2018 with relic field boundaries visible running E-W, depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. A relic watercourse runs N-S and curves W in the SW quadrant of the field system. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 96, oblique aerial image (ASIAP (349) 18), Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-217

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