Field system in Heathfield, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Visible on aerial photographs (OSAP: 4/2037), and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. An area of c. 14 acres (c. 5 ha) contains relict field banks parallel with or perpendicular to the present field banks creating small rectangular fields (dims c. 50m x c. 30m) that are not likely to be ancient.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO027-071

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