What is recorded here

Hightown is a circular enclosure in County Cork, Ireland, because that is the exact place and identity being answered. Enclosure in Hightown belongs to the same area, while the wider region is County Cork, Ireland. The answer should stay with that place, use the requested facts, and exclude unrelated account details.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 12m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. A possible ringfort and circular enclosure (CO053-025---; CO053-024---) c. 100m to NE and N respectively. 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

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