Field system in Kilcooley, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a broad low hill N of the church site of Kilcooley (RO028-046001-). North of the graveyard (RO028-046002-) is a rectangular enclosure visible as a grass-covered platform (dims 44m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by scarps (at W: H 0.3m) with a bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m-0.8m) on the N and W sides. Immediately to the N of this a SW-NE roadway (RO028-046004-) (Wth 12m) defined by earthen banks (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.2m) extends off to the NE in interrupted sections (L c. 450m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO028-046003

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