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Cuilmacosey

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular copse (diam. c. 45m) described as 'Cuilmacosey' in gothic lettering on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a hachured feature on the 1911 edition. It is situated on a shelf of a N-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 40m) planted with mature deciduous trees on the perimeter defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 4.3-4.8m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m) E-W-N. There is no visible entrance or fosse, but a modern drain circumscribes the monument. Fortview House is c. 350m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO011-124

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Photo credits
  • PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Picture: en.wikipedia.org
  • Brendan Moran / Sportsfile, www.irishexaminer.com
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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