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Field system in Castleplunket

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Visible on aerial photograph (OSAP: 4, 2036), and situated on a broad plateau with two shallow NE-SW valleys through it. A pasture area of c. 10 acres (c. 4 ha) contains old field banks (Wth c. 2m; H 0.3m) creating rectangular fields (dims c. 40m x c. 60-100m), some containing lazy-beds. Four house-sites (int. dims c. 8m x c. 3-4m) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.2m) are coeval with the fields.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO027-056002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Davsca at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
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