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Field system in Rochestown

Field system

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Rockstown Castle and church still stand beside small rectangular fields marked by linear earthworks, suggesting a managed landscape rather than wild land. The shape repeats like a rhythm, as if people measured life in narrow strips of soil, light and labour. That simplicity is striking because it turns a quiet place into a room where human habits still fit.
A series of linear earthworks forms small rectangular shaped fields to E of Rockstown Castle (LI022-108----) visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AVT004/005) taken 20/07/1968 possibly represents the remains of a field system associated with Rockstown Castle and church (LI022-109001-) standing to SW of earthworks. Appears to be the same monument as LI023-001----. See attached CUCAP aerial photos and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 31 July 2020

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