Field system in Feaghquin, County Clare

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What is recorded here

Situated in a large field of pasture on the southern outskirts of Quin village and some 500m S of Quin Friary (CL042-027002-). An ancient field system visible on a Google Earth aerial photograph (taken 5 February 2009, accessed 4 March 2015). The field system includes a large D-shaped enclosure (c. 85m NE-SW; c. 80m NW-SE) with its straight side at NW. A subrectangular enclosure (c. 28m NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE) is attached at the NE corner and a roadway skirts the E portion of the D-shaped enclosure. The monuments are also visible on Bing maps at http://binged.it/1BcFuju.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL042-190

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