What is recorded here

Fairy fort and earthen ringfort in Boolybeg, County Cork. Circular enclosure about thirty-five metres across on a west-facing slope, recorded on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map. Now levelled pasture; a low rise may still mark the bank. Another ringfort lies seventy-five metres south.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low rise may indicate line of bank. Ringfort (CO063-006---) c. 75m to S. 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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