Enclosure in Ceancullig, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on level ground. Circular area (18m N-S; 19m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.4m); external fosse (D 0.5m). Entrance to SW (Wth 2.7m), with causeway. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis; Man-made underground passage opening (CO119-023002-) in S bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO119-023001

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