Field system in Lisserlough, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Earthwork(s)' and 'Earthwork(s) Site' respectively. In pasture, on the gentle W-facing slope of a ridge. A series of small fields is visible in an aerial photograph (ACAP, V227/35-6), some of which are also indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. These fields are levelled and are not visible at ground level. They are likely to be post-1700 AD in date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL047-027

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Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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