Field system in Carran, County Clare

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What is recorded here

A field system (c. 800m N-S; c. 540m E-W) stretching across Poulacarran and Sheshymore townlands in an upland area of exposed karst and some scrub cover. Irregular field walls extend across the whole area with some concentration close to associated cashels (CL009-074002-, CL009-165001- and CL009-219----). Extensive field systems with prehistoric and medieval elements extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub and meet in certain areas.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL009-074001

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