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Enclosure in Aghavine

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Enclosure in Aghavine
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Parch marks (CASAP) shows roughly circular, univallate enclosure (diam. c. 30m), set above scarps leading down to tributary of Womanagh river. Marks in interior possibly indicating Man-made underground passages; one abutting S fosse, one to W. Enclosure surrounded by a narrow fosse, concentric with banks to S, to W part of a larger straight line trending SW-NE and extending almost into N field fence, to N curving into an arc c. 20m from fort, from W straight side to field fence abutting enclosure to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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