Field system in Moyge, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Regular pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, covering area of c. 8ha, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Cropmarks indicate relict field system on different axis from present system. Ringfort (CO007-09901-), circular enclosures (CO007-09902-; CO007-09905-), enclosure (CO007-09903-) and possible enclosure (CO007-09904-) within system; enclosure (CO007-09903-) and circular enclosure (CO007-09905-) transected by field boundaries. Two rectangular fields adjacent to ringfort (CO007-09901-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO007-099006

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