Ballydoyle Lios, fairy fort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture. Roughly circular area (30m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by overgrown earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.7m). Breaks in bank to E and to W. Bank very low to W where it becomes part of roadside field boundary and is replaced by stone wall. Interior slopes down to W; partially overgrown with briars.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-060

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