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Field system in Knockanea

Field system

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Situated in undulating reclaimed pasture, E of a small tributary of the Groody River and W of two ringforts (LI014-043/-044----) located 115m and 150m to E respectively. Field system possibly associated with two ringfort that was inspected in 2005 and described as consisting of several earthen banks, fosses and mounds visible in two fields. Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2005-2012 shows numerous earthworks in the fields some of which may be drainage channels related to to land reclamation and some of which may be a relict field system associated with the nearby ringforts. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 7 July 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI014-147

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Neil Theasby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Picture: ie.near-place.com
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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