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Ceidi Fields is Europe's larges
Stone Age land enclosure. It covers over 4
square miles along the north coast of Mayo.
This site was once enclosed with stone walls
to create fields suitable for crops such as
wheat and barley, and for grazing cattle.
Remains of farm buildings indicate
that this was a large community. Bog growth
has covered over most of the settlement in
the last 5000 years, which has actually helped
to preserve it.
At this site you will see part
of the bog growth cut away and the settlement
revealed.
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