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Field system in Sheepgrange

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Located on top of the E end of a WNW-ESE ridge. The parch-marks of a relict and unmapped field systems is visible only on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018. It is visible as lines of cropmark drains aligned NNW-SSE covering an area of about 2 hectares (c. 5 acres). At one point there is a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 48m x c. 45m) attached to one of these long drains together with a more subcircular enclosure (dims c. 40m x c. 40m). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH023-013

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  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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