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Field system in Derrygarrane North

Field system

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Derrygarrane North holds a forgotten rectangular farm on the south-facing slopes of Knocklomena, where linear stone walls still break through the bog. The field system stretches roughly 350 metres east-west and 200 metres north-south, marking boundaries that human hands set before the landscape reclaimed them. A standing stone and rock art remain inside this ancient enclosure, testifying to the life and belief that once animated the hillside.
In rough hill pasture, on the S-facing slopes of Knocklomena. The remains of mainly linear field walls (T 0.7m; H 0.3m) protrude intermittently above the surface of the bog and cover a roughly rectangular area (c. 350m E-W; c. 200m N-S). A standing stone (KE083-078----) and rock art (KE083-079----) are within this field system. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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