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Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.26) shows cropmark of a sequence of fosses defining a rectilinear field system comprising ten contiguous rectangular fields extending from a series of circular and rectilinear enclosures, and forming an extensive and complex cropmark landscape. The parallel fosses running NE to SW across the…

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Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.26) shows cropmark of a sequence of fosses defining a rectilinear field system comprising ten contiguous rectangular fields extending from a series of circular and rectilinear enclosures, and forming an extensive and complex cropmark landscape. The parallel fosses running NE to SW across the cropmark sequence probably represent a more recent plough-levelled field boundary. Bibliography Barrett, G.F. 'Early landscapes in County Carlow: an aerial perspective, in T. McGrath and T. O'Keefe (eds), County Carlow: History and Society, Geography Publications, Dublin. Forthcoming 2008. Barrett, G.F. (1999) 'Relevé aérien d'archéologie en Irlande, in Archeologie Aerienne: Actes du colloque du festival international d'archéologie d'Amiens. Revue archaeologie de Picardie special 17/1999. APPAH Ministère de la culture, Amiens et de l'Université de Picardie, pp. 245-52. ISSN 0752-5656 . Barrett, G.F. (1996) 'Archaeological air survey in County Carlow: discovery and destruction' Carloviana, 44, pp. 16-22. Barrett, G.F. (1995) 'Recovering the hidden archaeology of Ireland: the impact of aerial survey in the River Barrow valley, 1989-91” in O. Braasch, and G. Wetzel, G. (eds), Aerial Archaeology in eastern and central Europe, 45-59, Proceedings of the Kleinmachnow conference, Brandenburg Museum, Potsdam, pp.45-59. ISBN 3-910011-08-X. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

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