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In the vicinity of a cashel (MA119-040001-), in rolling limestone grassland, broken by expanses of karst and high rock-outcropping. An aerial photograph (SMR file: CUPAP AYR 87 & 88 & 89) records a field system of subrectangular walled fields, in which cultivation ridges are visible. It surrounds the cashel and extending to E and S of it, but post-dates it. It is most likely associated with a cluster of ruined rectangular vernacular houses visible in the CUCAP photograph at a distance of c. 55m to SE of the cashel. This settlement is recorded on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, where five houses/buildings are shown, with an access road approaching from S and E; it is not shown on later map editions. Almost all trace of the settlement, field walls and cultivation ridges -bar a few slight surface undulations -were removed during reclamation works. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 August 2023