Field system in Mayne, County Louth

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What is recorded here

Located on a slight NE-facing slope. The cropmark drains of unmapped fields are visible only on Google Earth (21/07/2021). The fields are defined by single drains and are rectangular (dims c. 50m x c. 50m). At the centre are smaller plots (dims c. 25m x c. 20m) which may be the location of a house with a road (Wth c. 10m; L c. 150m) curving A and S from it. The fields cover an area of about 7 ha (c. 17 acres), and are also faintly visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013) and Apple Maps. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH019-038

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