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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 ...
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 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]
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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 Ancient Forts of Ireland, 1902 [reprint] Westropp, Thomas Johnson (1902), ""The Ancient Forts of Ireland." Being Some Further Notes on a Paper of That Name, Especially as to the Age of Motes in Ireland", Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, 24 (1902 - 1904): 267– 276, JSTOR 25502716
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Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, Dublin, J. Duffy, 1861; On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 1873. O'Curry, Eugene (1873), On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, vol. 1, ISBN 9780876960103; O'Curry, Eugene (1883), On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, vol. 2, ISBN 9780876960103