What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cappeen West: In pasture, atop natural rise. Circular raised area (26m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.45m) WSW->NNE. Roadway which originally respected line of enclosure now truncates SE half of interior. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO094-06102-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
In pasture, atop natural rise. Circular raised area (26m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.45m) WSW->NNE. Roadway which originally respected line of enclosure now truncates SE half of interior. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO094-06102-) in interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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