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The site has been described as the most extensive Neolithic site in Ireland and is claimed to contain the oldest known field systems globally. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Using various dating methods, it has been stated that the creation and development of the Céide Fields went back approximately 5500 years (~3500 BCE), [ 4 ] some 2,500 years before this type ...
The most famous ancient field system in Ireland is the Céide Fields, an extensive series of stone walls dating back to 3500 BC. Similar stone wall field systems dating back to the Atlantic Bronze Age are visible in western Ireland and on the Aran Islands. [6] [7]
Celtic field is an old name for traces of early (prehistoric) agricultural field systems found in North-West Europe, i.e. Britain, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, Poland and the Baltic states. The fields themselves are not related to the Celtic culture. [1]
The Céide Fields [11] [12] [13] is an archaeological site on the north County Mayo coast in the west of Ireland, about 7 kilometres northwest of Ballycastle, and the site is the most extensive Neolithic site in Ireland and contains the oldest known field systems in the world.
The National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (Irish: Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann – Seandálaíocht, often known as the "NMI") is a branch of the National Museum of Ireland located on Kildare Street in Dublin, Ireland, that specialises in Irish and other antiquities dating from the Stone Age to the Late Middle Ages
Rundale clachan patterns of settlement still visible in Inver, Kilcommon, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. The rundale system (apparently from the Irish Gaelic words "roinn" which refers to the division of something and "dáil", in the sense of apportionment) was a form of occupation of land in Ireland, somewhat resembling the English common field system.
A farmer discovered an ancient Roman fort in his hometown in Wales. The finding could rewrite the known history of the Romans and the Celts in the region. A Farmer Was Digging in His Field—and ...
National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History [13] 67: Conestoga wagon: 18th century: Ulster American Folk Park, County Tyrone: 68: Wood's halfpence: 1722: National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 69: Dillon regimental flag: 1745: National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 70: Rococo candlestick ...