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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dromore (carbery W. (w.d.) By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Magic and memory both build forts. The claimant may be dead or transformed. The chamber is a camera, not a cage. Show what the chamber holds.
In pasture, on S-facing slope, W of Ahanaclaurskee Stream. Marked as circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Levelled, no visible surface trace; landowner recalls a heap of stones in E portion of field. 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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