Field system in Bridgetown Upper, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Faint pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, covering area of c. 9ha, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Cropmarks indicate relict field system on different axis from present system. One linear cropmark crosses circular enclosure (CO026-18101-) off-centre to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-181002

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