Field system in Prusselstown, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On a gentle SW-facing pasture slope. Visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 74 (1967)) as the cropmarks of a roughly rectangular field system (est. c. 100m NW-SE; c. 70m NE-SW), together with the cropmark of an adjacent enclosure (KD035-017001-) to the NW: possibly a levelled rath and associated field system. The cropmark of a possible rectangular enclosure (KD035-017003-) in the next field to the SW, is also visible. No visible surface trace survives. The cropmark of a possible rectangular enclosure (KD035-017003-) in the next field to the SW, is also visible on this aerial photo.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD035-017002

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