Field system in Kilpurcel, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Map note: Field system in Kilpurcel is recorded around Kilpurcel, County Laois, Ireland as a field system. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

Cropmarks of field boundaries visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 77-8). Date unknown.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA028-001001

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