What is recorded here
Field system in Glenballythomas is a field system in Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the western end of a low east-west ridge in a valley at the bottom of the south-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. The area contains field banks two to three metres wide and twenty to forty centimetres high, creating rectangular fields roughly one hundred metres long and forty to seventy metres wide. These features form the southern edge of the larger unified field system at Rathcroghan.
At the W end of a low E-W ridge in a valley at the bottom of the S-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge, and at the S edge of the unified field system at Rathcroghan (RO022-057003-). An area of c. 8 ha contains field banks (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.4m) creating rectangular fields (dims. c. 100m x c. 40-70m), which are part of the field system (RO022-057003-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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