Earthwork in Bawnishall, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Raised D-shaped area (8.8m N-S; 6.4m E-W) defined S->N by stream; N-S by townland boundary fence. Drain-type feature (H 0.24m; Wth 0.66m) projects W out of fence. Upright stone (H 0.43m; 0.7m x 0.07m), long axis N-S, stands short distance to E of field fence. Fulacht fiadh (CO151-055---) on E side of fence.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO151-056

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