Field system in Coolderry, County Laois

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What is recorded here

In tillage. Portion of a field system which pre-dates the 19th-century field system on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The field boundaries are visible as cropmarks on Google Earth (imagery date 28 June 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. It consists of a field boundary running NNW-SSE (L c. 280m) with field boundaries running eastward from this boundary. See attached Google Earth image taken 28 June 2018 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 April 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA029-079

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