Earthwork in Dunderrow, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On small headland on N side of Doon Creek off Bandon river. Oval earthen mound (92.4m N-S; 119m E-W) rising in two stages to height of 7m. Top of mound level (28.6m N-S; 28.2m E-W) and planted with trees. Site of Man-made underground passage (CO111-06602-) on SE face of mound, according to local information.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO111-066001

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