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Pitfield in Carnakit

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What is recorded here

On the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. An area of c. 3 ha (c. 7 acres) where field system (RO021-042046-) survives has E-W lines of pits (dims c. 5m x. c. 2m; D c. 0.3-0.5m) placed c. 30m apart.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO021-042028

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