Field system in Mountprospect, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

At the N foot of a long, gentle pasture slope, immediately W of a tower house (KD017-021----) and an unclassified building (KD017-035----) c. 75m to its N. A large rectangular area (dims. L c. 350m E-W; Wth c. 150m) is defined by a main, broad, low earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; H 0.2-0.4m) along its N side, off which similar, shorter banks, run perpendicularly to the S to form a series of small rectangular fields (av. dims. L c. 40m; Wth c. 20m). (CUCAP BDU 16, 17: 1970).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD017-020

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