Field system in Tobertown, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

A rectilinear field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 together with an irregular shaped enclosure (DU001-020----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). May be an extension of field system (DU004-057----) located in the adjoining field to the south. The sites are within fields at the high point in the surrounding landscape with views south to Knockbrack. Not visible on the ground. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 October 2014

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU001-021

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