What is recorded here
Situated on a fairly level landscape. Relict field banks covering about 2.5 ha (c. 6 acres) are visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: APE 7). The banks (Wth c. 3-5m; H up to 0.8m) and scarps (H c. 0.5m) create small rectangular, grass-covered plots (dims c. 14m x c. 16m to c. 20m x c. 30m) with wide silted…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME043-043
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- Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamericanmom.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.britannica.com
- Picture: Fun.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kmcnamee / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
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