Field system in Shankill, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a low E-W rise at the bottom of a S-facing slope. Three or four rectangular fields are visible on aerial photograph (OS: 4/2058) and vegetation marks of a rectangular field system covering c. 4 ha are visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 658). The fields (dims c. 80m x c. 60m) have boundaries aligned on surviving field boundaries in the area. They are not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture, but are not ancient.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-034001

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Maker not stated on source page, irelandsholywells.blogspot.com
PatWhelehan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tulsk GAA club website; individual photographer not stated, www.tulskgaa.ie
Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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