Field system in Laghtcausk, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Visible on aerial photograph (OS: 4/2052), and situated on the N-facing slope of an E-W spur overlooking a W-E stream. A triangular area of c. 2 ha (c. 2.5 acres) contains small fields or paddocks (dims c. 30m x c. 20m) on terraces down to the stream. Concentric enclosure (RO022-075001-) is c. 100m to the SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-074

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
Tulsk GAA club website; individual photographer not stated, www.tulskgaa.ie
Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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