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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]
Ballyalbanagh, Rectangular enclosure and field system, grid ref: J2891 9673; Ballyboley, Court tomb: Carndoo or the Abbey, grid ref: J3284 9731; Ballybracken Barrow, grid ref: J2231 9341 [2] Ballyclare Motte, grid ref: J2916 9123 [2] Ballycleagh Standing Stones, grid ref: D2485 3339 [2] Ballycowan Rath, rath and souterrain, grid ref: J1340 9927 [2]
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.
Kilclief, Anglo-Norman coffin lids (2) (in Church of Ireland Church), grid ref: J5960 4569; Kilkeel, Portal tomb: the Crawtree Stone, grid ref: J3075 1486; Kilkeel, Rath, reused as medieval church and graveyard: Church of St Colman del Morne, grid ref: J3070 1456; Killough, Harbour (Killough Harbour), grid ref: J5415 3633
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Ridge and furrow is an archaeological pattern of ridges (Medieval Latin: sliones) and troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the Middle Ages, typical of the open-field system. It is also known as rig (or rigg) and furrow, mostly in the North East of England and in Scotland. [1] [2] [3]