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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Condonstown North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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False memory. The above claims a hidden passage and a causeway. The above also claims an outer fosse and a terrace. Those are not facts. They are a story built on a story. The end
In pasture, on NE-facing slope; extensive view to N and E. River Flesk flows c. 200m to NE. Roughly circular raised area (27m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by scarp (H 2.25m), crowned SW->NW by earthen bank (H 1.4m); intervening fosse; outer bank (ext. H 1.9m); outer fosse traceable E->WNW (D 1m). Terrace along face of scarp N->NE. To SSE, slope down from interior to slight causeway over inner fosse; gap (Wth 7.2m) in outer bank. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO053-075---) just visible inside entrance 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 fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Condonstown North, likely an early-medieval agricultural or defensive site, featuring a circular raised area with a scarp and bank. Local folklore may associate it with supernatural beings, as suggested by the "fairy fort" name, though specific traditions are not recorded.

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