Field system in Killeany, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Aerial photograph (GB90.CJ.13) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch; one of two ring-ditches (LA023-062/063) in close proximity. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. Plough-levelled rectilinear field system adjacent to the ring-ditches, but date uncertain (not on first edition of the OS 6-inch map). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 21 January 2010 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA023-064

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