Field system in Corrafaireen, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Immediately NE of a settlement cluster (GA058-088----). A series of collapsed drystone walls, forming no coherent pattern, cover an area c. 250m E-W by c. 150m N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA058-088001

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