Earthwork in Moyge, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Depicted as arc (C c. 30m) formed by hachured bank S->NW on 1936 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. Arc, S->NW, visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R649) as soilmark of bank; continues NW->NNE as faint soilmark; sides to SSW, WNW and NNE slightly linear. Two ringforts (12795,12796) lie respectively c. 130m to SE and NNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO007-090

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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