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Field system in Rahally

Field system

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On a W-facing slope in grassland. A series of earthen banks forming roughly rectangular fields cover an area c. 250m E-W by c. 200m N-S. Cultivation ridges are visible within the fields and a curving coeval trackway (L 200m, Wth 5m), defined by parallel banks, runs through the monument. A ringfort (GA086-211----) lies c. 250m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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